System function problem

[Anon]

Hi,

I would like your help for my this problem.

I am trying to run following:

$cmd = "/usr/sbin/pppd call isp &";
system($cmd);

its working fine, but the connecting log message are displaying on browser and instead I want msg. Connecting", "Connected" or "Not Connected" but unable to solve this problem.

I tried "/usr/sbin/pppd call isp > temp" within system command which fail to execute.

Can anybody help me please.

Regards

Bhupendra

[Anon]

If you just want to throw all messages into a temporary file then change your command to :

"/usr/sbin/pppd call isp > temp 2>&1"

The 2>&1 will put all "error" messages into the same place that you are putting all normal output.