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Re: system() and system_exec() failing on CGI for certain commands

• Posted by Chris Bensler <bensler at nt.net> Dec 10, 2006
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Louis Bryant wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi. I have a program that converts mp3 audio to wave files. I am trying to
> invoke
> it from a CGI program. The file is on my PATH variable, and the program is
> called
> abcaudio.exe. When I do system_exec("abcaudio input_file.mp3 output_file.wav",
> 2), nothing happens, but system_exec returns -1. When I enter the same
> commands
> when not in a CGI script everything works well. What's happening and how can
> I fix this? Thanks to all of you who have and are helping us out here! I
> greatly
> appreciate it!

I think the PATH may be different in your CGI environment than it is in your
normal windows environment.
Can you verify the PATH is correct in the CGI?

Chris Bensler
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