simple cron job question

Should cron jobs be entered with or without the quotes - see below?

Also, how can you test whether a cron job is working?

Thanks.

Example:


“nice –adjustment=19 /usr/bin/php /$full-path-to-the-file/file_name.php”

 

You don't need to have the quotes
30 * * * * nice –adjustment=19 /usr/bin/php /$full-path-to-the-file/file_name.php

Just keeping this will do

 

To make sure a cronjob is really working, I usually redirect the ouput to a log file. For example:

.../file_name.php >& cron.log

or, depending on your shell:

.../file_name.php > cron.log 2>&1

Cheers, Cryo.

 

Without quotes

 

Can anyone recommend a good intro to understanding cron jobs?

 

Change the email address then put this code at the top of your php script and if you cron job fires the script, it will tell you via email.

// The message
$message = "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3";
// Send
mail('someone@hotmail.com', 'The Subject', $message);