how do I get output from "top"?

[Anon]

I am trying to simply use the shell command "top" and get the output. For those of you who say top is an interactive command, it doesn't have to be. My script is below, and I'm getting nothing back in the browser. Does anyone have a reason or a fix for this?

<pre>
<?PHP passthru("top -bn1"); ?>
</pre>

Other types of commands are working.
passthru("ps -axw") and passthru("w") work just fine.

Thanks
John

[slug58]

try this that should fix it:

<pre>
<?PHP passthru("top -bn 1"); ?>
</pre>

just put a space between the "-bn" and the "1"

good luck

[Anon]

Thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn't do it. Any other suggestions? By the way, it works from the command line, but not from a browser. Permissions maybe?

John

[slug58]

sorry can't offer any more help it works on my machine by coding that way,

good luck!!