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Re: Queuing at job from within php program? [message #175668 is a reply to message #175667]

Mon, 17 October 2011 15:51

bobmct
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:20:38 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> On 10/17/2011 9:24 AM, bobm3(at)worthless(dot)info wrote:
>> Fellow php'ers;
>>
>> I'm having some difficulty getting this to work: Based on a date/time
>> selected by a user on a web form I would like to use the "at" command
>> to schedule that task.
>>
>> I've tried various php functions (system, exec, passthru) with the same
>> results (return code 1 - which I cannot seem to get the error message
>> from).
>>
>> Here is a sample code snippet:
>>
>> $cmd = "echo \"podcast -c $filename\" | at $hr:$mn $_ampm";
>> passthru("$cmd", $Retcode);
>> echo "$Retcode";
>>
>> returns 1
>>
>> Then I thought that perhaps the 'at' was not reading stdin in this case
>> so I tried a temporary file approach:
>>
>> $cmd = "echo \"podcast -c $filename\"";
>> file_put_contents($filename.tmp, $cmd); passthru("at $_hr:$_mn $_ampm<
>> $filename.tmp", $_RetVal); echo "$_RetVal";
>>
>> This time it returned 2
>>
>> I've got to be misunderstanding this function. So, I thought if any of
>> you skilled readers have had luck with doing something like this you
>> may be willing to share. However, any other suggestions greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
> What is actually in $cmd when you execute the passthru command?
>
> What happens when you type this exact output at a command line prompt?

I've echoed out the contents of $cmd in my testing. It does contain
exactly what is intended:
echo "podcast -c abc123 | at 10:01 am"

Also, the command I'm trying to execute works perfectly from the CLI with
the same (appropriate) values.

I'm thinking that there might be a permissions issue but I'm unable to
obtain the error message from the passthru command.

I suppose next I will try to create a small php script to emulate this
from the CLI and perhaps them I will see the error (if any).

Thanks

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		Queuing at job from within php program? By: bobmct on Mon, 17 October 2011 13:24
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 17 October 2011 15:20
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? By: bobmct on Mon, 17 October 2011 15:51
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 17 October 2011 16:47
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? By: Robert Heller on Mon, 17 October 2011 18:27
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 17 October 2011 20:53
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Tue, 18 October 2011 07:51
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? By: Denis McMahon on Tue, 18 October 2011 03:43
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? By: Erwin Moller on Tue, 18 October 2011 08:12
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? By: bobmct on Thu, 20 October 2011 01:40
		Re: Queuing at job from within php program? SOLVED! By: bobmct on Fri, 21 October 2011 01:21

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