How to use cron

yuvalwein

Hi Mates,

Ive been trying to read about cron since I want to run a PHP file every day on midnight.
But I didnt understand how to do it!!!

Anyone is willing to explain me how to do that thing?

Thanks,
Yuval

Ph0eniX

What's your OS?

There is this software called Webmin that allows you to administer Linux/Unix machines through a web interface. You can easily configure cron tasks that way.

jburfield

Which part do you not understand?

The time/day/month fields? The 'what to run' field?

The field are:

minute hour day_of_month month day_of_week

So, if you did:
00 00 * sh /path/to/script.sh

You would run script.sh every day at midnight.

If you did:
00 00 1 sh /path/to/script.sh

You would run script.sh at midnight on the first of each month.

Does this help any?

-- Jason

gid

3 4 * php -q /path/to/php/file.php

This runs file.php at 4:03 am every day. If you don't have cgi mode php installed, then you might have to do something like this:

'lynx -dump >/dev/null http://host.com/file.php'

yuvalwein

Hi mates,

Thanks for the replys.
I am using Linux system with Apache (not the CGI).
About a program that helps you do that stuff in web mode. I use Ensim.
Is it possible to set it from there?

Thanksm
Yuval

Ph0eniX

Originally posted by yuvalwein
Hi mates,

Thanks for the replys.
I am using Linux system with Apache (not the CGI).
About a program that helps you do that stuff in web mode. I use Ensim.
Is it possible to set it from there?

Thanksm
Yuval

I don't know. I've never used Ensim.

yuvalwein

ok,

So how do I do the whole process with the apache version?

Ph0eniX

Originally posted by yuvalwein
ok,

So how do I do the whole process with the apache version?

You should start with downloading and installing lynx (text browser). Then follow the instructions above.