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usr/bin/php vs. usr/bin/GET

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by emeraldibex, Nov 23, 2005.

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    Can someone tell me the difference between these two cron jobs:

    * * * * * usr/bin/php http://site.com/script.php

    * * * * * usr/bin/GET http://site.com/script.php

    (Yeah, yeah, one says "php" and one says "GET". How are they functionally different?)

    Thanks.
     
    emeraldibex, Nov 23, 2005 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    The first one isn't going to do anything because it's a URL... you are trying to get PHP to run a PHP script with the first line. Which isn't possible because the URL will not give you the PHP source code.

    The 2nd one I'm not sure, because I don't know what the "get" command is. Is it something to download a webpage?
     
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  3. alext

    alext Active Member

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    Are you sure this:
    usr/bin/GET

    is not this:
    usr/bin/wget

    " GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc."
    http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/index.html#introduction
     
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  4. frankm

    frankm Active Member

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    /usr/bin/GET comes standard with perl 5.x and fetches the URL with a GET request :) there is also a /usr/bin/POST that does a POST request.


    to answer your question: the first one shouldnt work :) the second cronjob should work on any standard unix box.
     
    frankm, Nov 23, 2005 IP