cron job help

juschillinnow

This is my first cron job (don't laugh)
I'm using windows with cygwin (don't laugh)
I have no idea what I'm doing with these cron jobs (ok, now you can laugh)

my php script:

#!/usr/local/bin/php -q
<?
print("hello");
?>

I go to the cygwin command line and telnet into my account.

then I type cd [ENTER] to go to the main dir
then I type crontab -e
I enter the following line:
* php /htdocs/www/crontest.php
then I hit [ESC]
then I type the command:
:wq and hit [ENTER]

is this correct.

It seems that the crontab installs ok. But how do I know that it works. Will that above script do anything? What's a good script to use to see if cron is working or if I'm doing it right?

Thanks for the help.

(The server has php installed as cgi and is running on unix)

juschillinnow

anybody know this one?

juschillinnow

are you telling me that nobody on the forum has used php as a cron job?

trooper

You know that its the first sign of madness - talking to yerself

anyway check this article out

And stop talking to yerself 😃

juschillinnow

right! if you look at what i did, that is exactly what I did. But I'm not sure if it's working.

That's why I asked, what a good script would be to see if the cron job is working or not.

Thanks again.

diego25

If your server is Unix, and your PHP script is running there, then /htdocs is wrong. Most likely it should be /home/username/htdocs/etc or something like that, i.e. it shouldn't start with /htdocs (or it's unlikely anyway)

Diego