Cron job comamand to run a page

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  1. #1
    I want to run a page (www.mysite.com/dir/myfile.php) every day in a certain taime (except 2 holly days; Friday & Saturday)

    Run time:
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    Sunday to Thursday
    11:03 AM to 3:03 PM
    Every 3 minutes

    example: The page will run the following times-
    Sunday 11:03 AM
    Sunday 11:06 AM
    -----------------
    Sunday 03:03 PM
    Monday 11:03 AM
    Monday 11:06 AM
    -----------------
    Monday 03:03 PM

    What will be the command?

    PLEASE HELP
     
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  2. dimitar christoff

    dimitar christoff Active Member

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    something like this (not tried it):

    */3 11,12,13,14 * * 1,2,3,4,7 /path/myfile.php

    OR EVEN

    */3 11-14 * * 1,2,3,4,7 /path/myfile.php

    you'd prolly need to add 15 but it means it wont end at 15:03 - then you need to check if its past 15:03 in the php file and do nothing.

    http://www.linuxhelp.net/guides/cron/
     
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  3. tguillea

    tguillea Active Member

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    #3
    but if it is a PHP file, you need to make sure it is being called with PHP (or cURL if applicable). I'm guessing my host may be a little different, but I have to put php, curl, or php5 in front of the path.

    Also, make sure the path is from your servers root (not necessarily the web directory)
     
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    fierceservers Peon

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    Exactly, as in /home/accountusername/public_html/blabla.php

    Usually the php in front issue is true, but lately doesn't tend to happen so much anymore, usually it'll realize it needs the PHP interpreter (depending how the servers are configured). If you are having an issue though this is a good culprit to look at first!
     
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  5. javaongsan

    javaongsan Well-Known Member

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    #5
    you need /usr/local/bin/php or wget to execute php
     
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    Wogan Peon

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    Check this post: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=13131447&postcount=10 (and the rest of the thread, too)
     
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  8. KingCobra

    KingCobra Well-Known Member

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    Hi,

    Your command should look like:

    
*/3 11-15 * * 0-4 root wget -O /dev/null http://www.mysite.com/dir/myfile.php > /dev/null
    Code (markup):
     
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  10. KingCobra

    KingCobra Well-Known Member

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    ChrisMac ,

    Thank you.

    my country time: 22/12/2009 01:05:07 pm
    my server time : 22/12/2009 01:05:27 am

    so what will ve the command to match my country time.
     
    Last edited: Dec 21, 2009
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  11. KingCobra

    KingCobra Well-Known Member

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    I received the following message in my mail

    /bin/sh: /mydir/myfile.php: No such file or directory

    what will be in command tab for this url www.mysite.com/mydir/myfile.php
     
    Last edited: Dec 22, 2009
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