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Re: Queuing at job from within php program? [message #175667 is a reply to message #175666] Mon, 17 October 2011 15:20 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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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?

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