How To Delete File Using PHP Shell Script

i have this problem regarding file access seems that my admin host or the server system itself have locked up the acces to create new file, delete[unlink] a file.. change file permissions and such controls to file.. someone told me to use php shell script.. can you help me out here? ******** i just need to find out how to use php shell script and add it to my php scripts to delete a file.. thanks

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You mentioned the method to remove a file using http://php.net/unlink , have you looked at that?

Why the file is locked, could be a number of reasons, you're not the owner or a super user who can remove that file, it's in use so locked for that reason and possibly a number of other reasons.

PHP Shell is just the same as using PHP on the web, it's just ran in a command line way, so it's not different than doing it through a page.

How are you trying to remove the file, via FTP? If that's not working and you can't upload a file, or edit it etc, then you might have to ask your host for support to find out why this is happening, they could be doing some server updates/changes and have locked it for these reasons so you don't corrupt anything on your server while these changes are happening.


Cheers,


MC

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if it uses UNIX commands then you can simply type in
rm (file)

else you must refer to the documentation or check how to use the batch command for DOS.

xboxrulz

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by shell commend its rm |file anme|
you can create your own file with the name
"delete.now" with 777 chmod that acctually is a shell file
in file get the name by run coomend, give chmod 777 and rm it
GET for shell run commend is
$1 for first
e.g
"delete.now" :
chmod 777 $1 &
rm $1

"run.php" :
<?php
$file="file.name";
system("./delete.now ".$file);
?>

i hope that helps

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