Cron Job?

[deep]

Hello,

Im new to "cron jobs" so im wondering how to get a my file called "file.php" to get updated every 5 min by a cron job?

What do i do?

Thanks!

[devinemke]

create an ASCII text file called "crontab" and add:

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /path/to/php /path/to/script.php >/path/to/log 2>/path/to/error

replace /path/to/php with the location of your php executable.
replace /path/to/script.php with the location of your script.
replace /path/to/log with the location of where you want to script's output to go.
replace /path/to/error with the location of where you want to script's errors to go.

the exact location of where the crontab file needs to go varies with different OS's but usually in /etc

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/usail/automation/cron.html

[bubblenut]

I wouldn't suggest editing the file directly when you can use the crontab command (qith the -e parameter) to edit it and it will check for syntax errors.
If you get a syntax error in one of your crontab commands it won't run any of them.

Bubble

[deep]

ok... but im not running my own server im renting a host and they dont let me "type"? 🙂

[bubblenut]

Well have you checked that they even provide cron? If they do but do not allow you telnet access they probably have their own front end for it.