Server Hangs with exec

[inspire]

I am using the following line of code to unzip a file. The file unzips fine, however the script hangs the server and I cannot figure out why!

I am running WIN 98, PWS, PHP 4.0.4.

Here is the line of code I am using.
<?

exec('c:\pkunzip c:\price.zip c:\inetpub\wwwroot\amrintl\data');

?>

Any help appreciated!

Cheers,

John

[mithril]

The program execution functions (exec, system, and passthru) wait for the end of the output of the executed command before continuing with the page load. Thus, the page hangs (not the server) until the unzip operation is complete.

-geoff

[inspire]

I stand corrected. However, I have tested that line of code on a win2k machine and it runs fine. Yet when I run it on my win98 machine, the page hangs..

Any workarounds that you know of?

Cheers,

John