Deleting files

[Crs]

Hi, I gave the following php script:

 

#!/usr/bin/php -f
<?php
require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))."/modules/common/common.config.inc.php");
$path = $conf["root"]."/media/images/tricouri/tmp/";
$command = "rm -Rf".$path."*";
if(exec($command))
{
    echo "Folder cleared\n";
}
else
{
    echo "Folder clear failed\n";
}
?>

 

I want to delete some .png files from the ./tmp folder and I receive a rm error:

rm: invalid option -- /

Try `rm --help' for more information.

Folder clear failed

 

The rm -rf command sintax is ok on the linux bash, but from php i receive the error.

Php safe mode is off. Can someone help, please ?

[trq]

It should be -r not -R

[Crs]

# rm --help

-r, -R, --recursive  remove directories and their contents recursively

 

the two options are the same

 

[bh]

is your $path and $command content correct?

 

Is there a space at the beginning of the $path?

$command = "rm -Rf".$path."*";

[Crs]

$command = "rm -rf".$path."*";

-no space and the $path and $command are ok

[trq]

# rm --help

-r, -R, --recursive  remove directories and their contents recursively

 

the two options are the same

 

 

Weird. Ive been a Linux user for about 6 years and never knew this switch.

[trq]

Looking at it now it seems you don't have a space between your options and your path.

 

$command = "rm -Rf ".$path."*";

 

If that doesn't work, echo $command to see what you actually have.

[Crs]

ok, so you were right about the space. now it seems to be ok, I get no error from the script, but the files don't get deleted.

Any ideas ?

Is it ok to use the unlink function ?

[bh]

Yeah, its better than use exec function.

[AtlasC1]

Yeah, it's best to avoid any system calls whenever you get the chance. P.S: You probably have to set up an exception in SE Linux, if you have it installed, in order for a rm command to work.

 

-jm