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Re: ´ð¸´: Help in system function

Paul Lalli

2008-01-17, 7:02 pm

On Jan 17, 10:09 am, godsarm...@gmail.com (Chen Yue) wrote:
> If you are in a *nix system, you can try to run
>
> $result=` mk_view $view_name ETC`
>
> instead and see the output from $result. It may be helpful to find the root
> cause.

You've got it backwards.

system("...")
caues the output to be printed to the screen.

`...`
causes the output to be returned.

In either case, the OP said the command is not being executed, which
means it's not generating any output.

Paul Lalli

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