help with system()

[osusano]

if im using this it dont work

<? 
$filename = "test123.dat";
$dirOut = "/usr/local/www/outbox/";
$fileToTransfer = $dirOut.$filename;
$config = "/home/_data/login.cfg";
$dataDirOut = "/data/outbox";

system("/usr/local/bin/ncftpput -f $config -DD $dataDir $fileToTransfer");
?>

but if i use this it work

<?
system("/usr/local/bin/ncftpput -f /home/_data/login.cfg -DD /_data/outbox /usr/local/www/outbox/test123.dat");
?>

what do u think should be the problem with the first script and how can i make this work?

thank you in advance for those people willing to help.

[The_Chancer]

You seem to be missing an underscore in the first example in the data directory.....

<?  

$filename = "test123.dat"; 
$dirOut = "/usr/local/www/outbox/"; 
$fileToTransfer = $dirOut.$filename; 
$config = "/home/_data/login.cfg"; 
$dataDirOut = "/_data/outbox";  <--- This line

system("/usr/local/bin/ncftpput -f $config -DD $dataDir $fileToTransfer"); 
?> 

[osusano]

eevn if i add _ on my script still not working.. i dont know maybe the system command not accepting variables?

[LordShryku]

I've never heard of that problem....
Try removing the vars from the strring maybe?

system("/usr/local/bin/ncftpput -f ".$config." -DD ".$dataDir." $fileToTransfer); 

[LordShryku]

Made me look it up....
All the exaples I see include sprintf, so...

system(sprintf("/usr/local/bin/ncftpput -f %s -DD %s %s", $config,$dataDir,$fileToTransfer));

[osusano]

hey thank you very much for the supoprt.. i already figure it out..

thank you again for the time

[The_Chancer]

And for the record the answer was ??