Please help before I scream

[paulcarey]

winzip32.exe -a -en c:\test.zip c:\strbud.txt

This is an example of what I want to call in a php page.
I call this from cmd.

How do I do this?

I am running Apache on Win2000 server where winzip32 is in /Bin.

If you want me to scream suggest that I run this on a poxy Linux box!!!!!

Many thanks

Pinhead

 

[sleipnir214]

<sarcasm>
Go ahead and scream. It'll make you feel better, and I won't hear you.
</sarcasm>

You probably want to review PHP's execution operators.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.execution.php

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[paulcarey]

thanks I will.

go to phpbuilder.com and all you get is
<whine>
you should install linux
</whine>

thanks again

 

[paulcarey]

PHP manuals give me the hump, I'm not a natural programmer and can never make head nor tail of manuals until I get a grounding in a particular topic.

Is there anybody out there who can just give me some example code of a similar process, as similar a possible?

Many thanks

 

[sleipnir214]

If you would bother to read the link I sent you, you would see a sample of example code. ______________________________________________________________________
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[paulcarey]

as I said in my last post I couldnt understand it, something I have no problem admitting, which is why I need to see an example similar to my problem. I have been trying to sort this problem for weeks.

Maybe here's a chance for you to seem superior!

 

[paulcarey]

by the way I haave tried the way in the manual eg.

exec(&quot;/bin/winzip32.exe -a -en c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/$name.zip c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/$name&quot;*/

 

[sleipnir214]

Have your tried handing exec() the absolute path to the winzip32.exe program?

What error messages are you getting? ______________________________________________________________________
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[paulcarey]

Yes I've tried absolute paths, all sorts of combinations but to no avail.

Apologies for my earlier petulant outburst. I seem to have been on this problem for ever and it's starting to bug me!

I'm going home now to take it out on my cat!

Thanks for trying to help and again sorry for earlier

 

[sleipnir214]

It could also be the spaces in your pathnames. Try using either the short filenames in the path or putting the absolute filenames in the path inside quotes, while putting your entire string in single quotes:

exec('/bin/winzip32.exe -a -en &quot;c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'.zip&quot; &quot;c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'&quot;'); ______________________________________________________________________
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