Problems running shell scripts

[kamy99]

Hi all:

I use a simple shell command ,via telnet, to backup my db.
It works fine.

I use:

mysqldump --opt -uUSERNAME -pPW DBNAME > db_backup_date.sql

I've been trying to run the same script through a PHP page, but it don't seem to work.

I used both shell_exec and backtick options (though they're the same) and I get nothing!!😕 😕

I can't use phpmyadmin for backup as the size of table is too large and therefore it hangs. This is stated clearly in phpmyadmin's docs.

Safe mode is set to off on my server.

Any ideas?

Thanx in advance.

Kamy

[HalfaBee]

Try

mysqldump --opt -uUSERNAME -pPW -r db_backup_date.sql DBNAME

Redirecting the output does not seem to work for mysqldump in php commands.

HalfaBee