shell command not working

[georgeocrawford]

Hi,

In my PHP script, I want to call a shell function I have added to /bin. It's called 'aliascheck', and simply checks if a given file is an OS X format alias.

If I type this in the terminal:

shell>aliascheck /path/to/the/file

the Terminal prints this:

/path/to/the/file -> /where/the/alias/points/to

However, in my php script, when I run:

$path = '/path/to/the/file';
$is_alias = shell_exec('aliascheck ' . $path);
echo $is_alias;

I get no output.

Strange, as I get outputs from other functions.

The end of the shell script reads as follows:

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
      if [ ! -z "$linksource" ]; then
        echo "\"${1}\" -> \"${linksource}\""
      fi
    fi

Do I need to modify this to get an output to shell_exec?

Thanks

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George

 

[georgeocrawford]

If I run:

die(shell_exec('aliascheck /path/to/an/alias/file 2>&1'));

in a php script, it prints:

INIT_Processeses(), could not establish the default connection to the WindowServer.

I'm running OS X 10.3.

Can someone please help me???????

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George

 

[Westbury]

Im afraid I dont know enough about shell scripting or OS X.
There doesn't seem to be a problem, that I can see, with your php code.
Try putting an echo statement in so that you know that the php code is being executed properly
eg:

$path = '/path/to/the/file';
$is_alias = shell_exec('aliascheck ' . $path);
echo "Shell exec returned: $is_alias";

 

[georgeocrawford]

tried that - sorry.

It's a UNIX thing I think.

 INIT_Processeses(), could not establish the default connection to the WindowServer.

is an error to do with which user I run the shell script as, I think.

Thanks anyway!

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George

 

[Westbury]

Anytime. Hope u get it sorted soon