[SOLVED] system exec

[jaymc]

Im trying to copy the entire contents of 1 folder to another, im using shell commands via php system or exec command, its not working though

 

system("cp -ap $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");

exec("cp -ap $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");

 

That returns cp -ap 'BaseFolder/folder/.' 'BaseFolder' and if I copy and paste that straight into ssh it works fine, so its not the syntax or the variables

 

All the folders in question are 777 etc etc, I have rights to use system command as its my server and I have enabled that

 

Any ideas

 

P.S - If there is another way to do it, please let me know

 

My mission is to copy the contents of a folder via "." the dot, rather than read all the files etc. I have my reasons

 

I tried copy("$dir_to_read/$file/.", $dir_to_read); but where I have $dir_to_read it also wants a new file name, so it wont work as there can be several files

[DarkWater]

Neither command is working?

 

Btw, you don't need the -p flag, because -a is equivalent to -dpR. =)

[micah1701]

have you tried using shell_exec() ?

<?php
$output = shell_exec("cp -a $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");
echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
?>

[jaymc]

have you tried using shell_exec() ?

<?php
$output = shell_exec("cp -a $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");
echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
?>

 

No, but I just have and it did not work either

[jaymc]

Neither command is working?

 

Btw, you don't need the -p flag, because -a is equivalent to -dpR. =)

Neither is working, also tried without the p and no joy

[DarkWater]

What's the exact exec() line your PHP code?

[jaymc]

shell_exec("cp -a $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");

//exec("cp -a $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");

//system("cp -ap $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");

//copy("$dir_to_read/$file/.", $dir_to_read);

 

P.S - I have had commands like gunzip unrar etc working with exec just incase you think thats the issue

[DarkWater]

shell_exec("cp -a $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");

//exec("cp -a $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");

//system("cp -ap $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read");

//copy("$dir_to_read/$file/.", $dir_to_read);

 

P.S - I have had commands like gunzip unrar etc working with exec just incase you think thats the issue

 

shell_exec("cp -a $dir_to_read/$file/\. $dir_to_read");

 

I think you needed to escape that . after the first location because PHP thinks it's trying to concatenate something.  Try this new line.

[jaymc]

Nice idea, didnt work though

 

Thought you had it then

[jaymc]

Any more ideas?

[jaymc]

This worked

 

$exec = "cp -a $dir_to_read/$file/. $dir_to_read";

$output = exec($exec);

 

Thanks to DarkWater for that one

[DarkWater]

No problem man. =D  I wonder why it didn't work before though...

[jaymc]

Strange, probably the way php was handling the fullstop, the slash didnt have any effect, infact it probably thought that was part of the filename