Hello All, Yes, it's me again. At least I'm not asking for anyone to email me my homework....he, he. Anyway, I want to run a PHP script that executes a Perl program on the server with one parameter. I have used exec(), shell_exec() and system() to no avail. The PHP script does not generate any errors, but I know the script did not work because it ALWAYS generates a log file.....I used the virtual and full paths. I always test them on the command line first.... system("/fullpath/program.pl param",$result); ....or...... exec("/fullpath/program.pl param",$resA,$resB); ....or...... shell_exec("/fullpath/program.pl param"); Any ideas on why this won't execute? Many thanks....

have you checked file permissions?

Hi gpp, Yes, permissions are all set...In fact, I put a recursive 777 just to make sure. Could this have anything to do with global PHP settings? Thanks again...

There are no messages at all in the server logs?