copy() large files failed

axis-group

I have a tough time with my provider.
The proble is that I need to copy() large files from upload directory into download directory. When I simply make
copy ($source, $dest)

it happily report success but cut the files at 4M size. Probably it has something to do with max_time_exec limits.

When I try to
exec ('mv '.escapeshellarg($s_file). ' ' .escapeshellarg($dest) ,$ar,$st);

it just silently fail without any reports and return empty $ar
Provider use a save_mode activated

May be someone knows work around.

What's more. The PHP is pretty old 4.1.3 and without FTP support.

Thanks for any help

maybl8r03

Have you tried move_uploaded_file()? (http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.move-uploaded-file.php)

How big is the original file?

Does your provider implement a storage quota?

Is the copy over NFS (e.g. slow enough to cause a timeout of scripts)?

Is your host running a personally compiled version of PHP that has various bottlenecks built in for security reasons? (probable reason why they might still be in the 4.1.x jungle)