hello scott,

Yes..! you can use system() comand

It goes like this 

system("touch filename.ext"); // creates a file and file will be owned by
                                 nobody 

If you want to change the file permission do the following

chmod("filepath/filename", 755);  decimal; probably incorrect

chmod("filepath/filename", 0755); correct value of mode

if you want to change the file owner

chown(string filename, mixed user);

Attempts to change the owner of the file filename to user user. Only
the superuser may change the owner of a file.

Returns true on success; otherwise returns false.

Note : Windows does nothing it just returns true

same as above you can also change the group

chgrp(string filename, mixed group);

Attempts to change the group of the file filename to group. Only the
superuser may change the group of a file arbitrarily; other users may
change the group of a file to any group of which that user is a member.

Returns true on success; otherwise returns false.

Note : Windows does nothing it just returns true

since you want to create a file temporarily you can keep the file owned as
nobody. After your work is over you can remove it.

system("rm -f filename");

for more informations about the above commands go through the manuals

cheers
                                                - JFK


On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Scott Fletcher wrote:

> Hi!
> 
>     I wanted to know if there is a PHP code or function that would allow the
> PHP to issue the UNIX command.
> 
>     What I'm doing here is I'm trying to tell PHP to create a file by
> issuing hte UNIX command then I can use the PHP to open the file to enter
> the data.  Once I'm done with the file, I can use the UNIX to run the script
> in the file to communicate with the modem by executing the file.  When I'm
> done then I can open an another file to grab the data that had be received
> by the modem and do the PHP things to do something with hte data.  When
> done, then I can use the PHP to tell UNIX to delete the file and Voila!
> 
> Thanks,
>  Scott
> 
> 
> 
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