Copy apache logs Ubuntu 7.10

[ratcateme]

Hi i am using php 5.2.3 on Ubuntu 7.10 and apache 2.2.4.
i have just switched from windows 2000 and have encountered a problem with my log viewer script unlike windows i cannot just open the apache log file with php as it is always being used by apache. now i can copy using command line:
cp /var/log/apache2/access.log /var/log/apache2/access.log.copy

I need to do this in php but i don't no how.

Please help

Thanks Scott.

[pbmods]

Heya, Scott.

Check out the copy() function.

[ratcateme]

Thanks for the reply.

I put this is my code
[PHP]copy('/var/log/apache2/access.log','/var/log/apache2/access.log.copy ');[/PHP]
but i gets a error again because the access.log file is in use by apache.
i dont n o any shell scripting but i think that is what i need to copy this file i tried using this cimmand but i dont think the syntax is correct
[PHP]$cmd='cp /var/log/apache2/access.log /var/log/apache2/access.log.copy ';
echo exec($cmd);[/PHP]

Scott.