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system() and passthru() without making PHP hang until the execution of the programs is finished. git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@27978 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
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<reference id="ref.exec">
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<title>Program Execution functions</title>
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<titleabbrev>Program Execution</titleabbrev>
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<refentry id="function.escapeshellcmd">
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>escapeshellcmd</refname>
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<refpurpose>escape shell metacharacters</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<funcsynopsis>
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<funcprototype>
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<funcdef>string <function>escapeshellcmd</function></funcdef>
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<paramdef>string <parameter>command</parameter></paramdef>
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</funcprototype>
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</funcsynopsis>
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<para>
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<function>EscapeShellCmd</function> escapes any characters in a
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string that might be used to trick a shell command into executing
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arbitrary commands. This function should be used to make sure
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that any data coming from user input is escaped before this data
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is passed to the <function>exec</function> or
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<function>system</function> functions, or to the <link
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linkend="language.operators.execution">backtick
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operator</link>. A standard use would be:</para>
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<para>
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<informalexample>
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<programlisting role="php">
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system(EscapeShellCmd($cmd))
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</programlisting>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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<para>
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See also <function>exec</function>, <function>popen</function>,
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<function>system</function>, and the <link
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linkend="language.operators.execution">backtick operator</link>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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<refentry id="function.exec">
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>exec</refname>
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<refpurpose>Execute an external program</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<funcsynopsis>
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<funcprototype>
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<funcdef>string <function>exec</function></funcdef>
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<paramdef>string <parameter>command</parameter></paramdef>
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<paramdef>string
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<parameter><optional>array</optional>
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</parameter>
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</paramdef>
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<paramdef>int
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<parameter><optional>return_var</optional></parameter>
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</paramdef>
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</funcprototype>
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</funcsynopsis>
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<para>
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<function>exec</function> executes the given
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<parameter>command</parameter>, however it does not output
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anything. It simply returns the last line from the result of the
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command. If you need to execute a command and have all the data
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from the command passed directly back without any interference,
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use the <function>PassThru</function> function.
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</para>
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<para>
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If the <parameter>array</parameter> argument is present, then the
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specified array will be filled with every line of output from the
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command. Note that if the array already contains some elements,
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<function>exec</function> will append to the end of the array.
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If you do not want the function to append elements, call
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<function>unset</function> on the array before passing it to
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<function>exec</function>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If the <parameter>return_var</parameter> argument is present
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along with the <parameter>array</parameter> argument, then the
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return status of the executed command will be written to this
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variable.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note that if you are going to allow data coming from user input
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to be passed to this function, then you should be using
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<function>EscapeShellCmd</function> to make sure that users
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cannot trick the system into executing arbitrary commands.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note also that if you start a program using this function and
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want to leave it running in the background, you have to make
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sure that the output of that program is redirected to a file or
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some other output stream or else PHP will hang until the
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execution of the program ends.
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</para>
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<para>
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See also <function>system</function>,
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<function>PassThru</function>, <function>popen</function>,
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<function>EscapeShellCmd</function>, and the <link
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linkend="language.operators.execution">backtick operator</link>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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<refentry id="function.passthru">
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>passthru</refname>
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<refpurpose>
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Execute an external program and display raw output
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</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<funcsynopsis>
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<funcprototype>
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<funcdef>void <function>passthru</function></funcdef>
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<paramdef>string <parameter>command</parameter></paramdef>
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<paramdef>int
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<parameter><optional>return_var</optional></parameter>
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</paramdef>
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</funcprototype>
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</funcsynopsis>
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<para>
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The <function>passthru</function> function is similar to the
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<function>Exec</function> function in that it executes a
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<parameter>command</parameter>. If the
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<parameter>return_var</parameter> argument is present, the return
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status of the Unix command will be placed here. This function
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should be used in place of <function>Exec</function> or
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<function>System</function> when the output from the Unix command
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is binary data which needs to be passed directly back to the
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browser. A common use for this is to execute something like the
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pbmplus utilities that can output an image stream directly. By
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setting the content-type to <emphasis>image/gif</emphasis> and
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then calling a pbmplus program to output a gif, you can create
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PHP scripts that output images directly.</para>
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<para>
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Note that if you start a program using this function and want to
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leave it running in the background, you have to make sure that the
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output of that program is redirected to a file or some other
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output stream or else PHP will hang until the execution of the
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program ends.
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</para>
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<para>
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See also <function>exec</function>, <function>system</function>,
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<function>popen</function>, <function>EscapeShellCmd</function>,
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and the <link linkend="language.operators.execution">backtick
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operator</link>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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<refentry id="function.system">
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>system</refname>
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<refpurpose>Execute an external program and display output</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<funcsynopsis>
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<funcprototype>
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<funcdef>string <function>system</function></funcdef>
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<paramdef>string <parameter>command</parameter></paramdef>
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<paramdef>int
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<parameter><optional>return_var</optional></parameter>
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</paramdef>
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</funcprototype>
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</funcsynopsis>
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<para>
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<function>System</function> is just like the C version of the
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function in that it executes the given
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<parameter>command</parameter> and outputs the result. If a
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variable is provided as the second argument, then the return
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status code of the executed command will be written to this
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variable.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note, that if you are going to allow data coming from user input
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to be passed to this function, then you should be using the
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<function>EscapeShellCmd</function> function to make sure that
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users cannot trick the system into executing arbitrary
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commands.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note also that if you start a program using this function and want
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to leave it running in the background, you have to make sure that
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the output of that program is redirected to a file or some other
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output stream or else PHP will hang until the execution of the
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program ends.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <function>System</function> call also tries to automatically
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flush the web server's output buffer after each line of output if
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PHP is running as a server module.
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</para>
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<para>
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Returns the last line of the command output on success, and false
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on failure.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you need to execute a command and have all the data from the
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command passed directly back without any interference, use the
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<function>PassThru</function> function.
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</para>
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<para>
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See also <function>exec</function>,
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<function>PassThru</function>, <function>popen</function>,
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<function>EscapeShellCmd</function>, and the <link
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linkend="language.operators.execution">backtick operator</link>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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</reference>
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