Posted by John Nichel on 09/21/05 17:48

ernst@newdisorder.com wrote:
> I have two programs on two servers, and they both have similar problems.
> In each one, I use 'exec' to call a helper program. In one case, it is
> ecasound, which I use to resample an mp3. In the other, it is convert,
> which creates a thumbnail of a very large image the user has uploaded.
> In both cases, the exec command fails. Not all the time, but some
> times. In both cases, the command that is being called by exec will
> work fine at the command line. I assume that there is some memory /
> resource limit that is being breached when this happens, but I don't
> know what it is, or how to tell php to allow my programs to run. Any
> ideas?

Or is save mode on?

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John C. Nichel
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