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linux command line & PHP

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:43 pm
by ddragas
Hi all
I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 and want to accomplish following:
1. open firefox with some url
firefox http://www.someurl.com
2 sleep 10 sec; take screen shot of firefox browser
sleep 10; import -window root SomeScreenshotName.jpeg
3. close firefox
//don't kow how to close it with command line

and rest is to manipulate with image ..... (not problem)

problem shows when I first want to call firefox with
exec("firefox http://www.somesite.com);

Nothing Happens... WHY????

also tried to make screenshot at step 2

same thing....

but if I call

exec(traceroute http://www.somesite.com); it does the job.

can please somebody help me..