scheduling with 'AT' from php

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to give the escape command ctrl+d via the php function exec() or some function that is similar. I am trying get php to call the 'AT' command which asks for the ctrl+sequence to close the entering of a new scheduled event. I tried adding '<EOT>\n' at the end of the command sequence but that still didn't work. I only want the event to run once unlike CRON that's why I am using 'AT' instead. But I can't get it to execute from PHP and I figure it's because I don't know how to give the ctrl+d sequence programmically via php's exec() function. I also tried system(), passthru(), shell_exec() and many other functions that do basically the same thing but no luck. Anyone have any ideas???

For example:

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$time = date('H:i', strtotime('+30 minute')) ;
exec ("at $time\nmkdir test\n<EOT>\n");

Also tried:

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$time = date('H:i', strtotime('+30 minute')) ;
exec ("at $time|mkdir test|<EOT>|");

Neither worked.

Thanks,
Carl
www.gaihosa.com

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dlite922

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May 13th, 2008
04:37 AM
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Re: scheduling with 'AT' from php

try shell_exec();

And don't execute "something" that only executes "something else".

(sorry but that makes sense to me right now lol)

How about execute what the Tast Scheduler is suppose to execute if you're just executing this even only one time. (Scheduler = for scheduled events to occure automatically...without php)

Good luck,

Dan