Cron Tab

[asa_carter]

Is this the correct format for running a cron tab every 10 minutes?

0-10 * * * * /home/files1/asacarter/marketplace/datetest.php

[pyro]

I think you'd need something more like this:

0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /home/files1/asacarter/marketplace/datetest.php

Or you might need:

0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * php /home/files1/asacarter/marketplace/datetest.php

[stolzyboy]

this is how it is done

0-59/10 /home/files1/asacarter/marketplace/datetest.php

and you may, like i said in your other posts, use lynx or wget if your host doesn't have PHP installed as a CGI

[asa_carter]

Thanks for that info.

My host has cron jobs set up.

I cant get it working though.

I've created a cron.tab file and set it up to run a test email

I'm not recieving it.

cron.tab:

0-59/5 * * * * /files/home1/asacarter/marketplace/test.php

test.php

<?
  $email = "[e-mail]";
  $body = "Testing the email\n\n";
  $body .= "Cron works ok.\n\n";
  $from = "[e-mail]"; 
  $mailheader = "From: $from\r\n"; 
  mail("$email", "Cron Test", "$body", "$mailheader");
?>

Any idea's? The path is correct.

[superwormy]

You need to get that script with something, so either it has teh have the right command at the top so that the shell knows to run it with PHP, or you need to access the script over HTTP with lynx or wget.

Heres an example:

0 6 * /usr/local/bin/wget -O - 'http://www.logosoftwear.com/file.php'

[asa_carter]

What command do i need to give it for the shell to run a php script by giving it the path:

/files/home1/asacarter/marketplace/test.php

[stolzyboy]

use wget, it is installed on most flavors of *nix...

[superwormy]

Use wget as shown in my example, or you could READ THE MANUAL ABOUT RUNNING PHP FROM THE COMMAND LINE!

http://www.php.net/features.commandline