[crontab] Forum Topics

Hi all, I'm using crontab on Ubuntu 10.04 and I have had 7 tasks running smoothly for about 6 months. I've now created a new script but for some frustrating reason it will be execute. It's a small task that needs to run every two minutes. The issue doesn't reside …

My crontab states: PATH=/var/www 00 00 * * * php -q /tasks/script1.php */5 * * * * php -q /cycle/script2.php */1 * * * * php -q /tasks/script3.php script 1 doesnt run, but I need to to run every midnight script 2 doesnt run but works fine when executed manually. …

hi, how can i pervent from crontab concurrent run ??? thats mean when my crontab Take too long , with this crontab another crontab not runs... please help me ... best regards, amir

Hi everyone, I have setup a cron job to delete users from my site if they are not verified within 24 hours of registration. The field [b]registration_timestamp[/b] is stored as a timestamp and I also have a field called [b]verified[/b] which is stored as a 1 or a 0. Here …

Hey guys, I understand how to setup the cron job to run once a day. Now I am having trouble putting together a function to do the following: I need to delete all content (rows) automatically where the "expire_date" field is equal to or greater than todays date. Keep in …

How I can run automated php page using crontab ? I have a server space, but dont know where and how I can execute my crontab command. I want to execute a php page say [url]http://www.servicesonclick.com/sentmail.php[/url] everyday at 12:00 AM. [QUOTE]00 00 * * * wget [url]http://www.servicesonclick.com/sentmail.php[/url] -q[/QUOTE] but where. …

How Do I send emails to group of persons daily at 12:00 AM ?? I have a PHP page where I will write code to sending mail. I searched and find CRONTAB (shell scripting), a solution for this. If I want to use CRONTAB shell scripting then How I can …

Hi Guys, I have set up a cron job on a Centos server that is supposed to execute a script that looks for SMS messages in a queue and processes them. My crontab file is under [B]/etc/crontab[/B]. The job is supposed to be run after every 5 minutes. The command …

Hello, I am using cpanel standard crontab set-up, I have the path to the file correct but the path leads to a password protected directory ie: *php /home/example/public_html/admin/script.php* admin is password protected, how would I allow the crontab access to the script? Thanks in advance.