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[john8675309]

Hi I am trying to take the output of a file like
$command = exec("cat /home/john/.forward") then I want to

if ($command == "|exec /usr/local/bin/procmail") {
echo hi;
}

but it dosen't work I think it has something to do with the .forward file having the " around it. Please help

thanks,
John

[128kb_com]

The exec() function doesn't ouput anything, it just returns that last line from the result of the command, and that may not be what your looking for. Read on about the various shell execution functions for more info.