Are you specifying the full path in the crontab? If the raq 3 does not have lynx, you might be able to use wget. I'm not too familiar with wget, you may want to read the manpage. Here's how I run PHP scripts from cron, when PHP is compiled as a DSO:
0 8 * * * TERM=xterm; export TERM; /usr/bin/lynx -source "http://your.server.address/phpscript.php"; 1>/dev/null 2>&1 You can leave off the stdin and stdout redirects if you want an email that the script was run. HTH.. - Bruce Paul Roberts wrote: > ok > for lynx, at the command prompt i get > bash: lynx: command not found > > I've also looked in all the obvious places for php but can't find it. > > the server is a cobalt raq 3 and i have a virtual host account so i can't recompile >php. > > maybe I'll rewrite it in Perl. > > Paul Roberts > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Analysis & Solutions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PHP List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 7:26 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] cron with php as apache module > > > Even if you can't get, or don't want to bother getting, PHP as a > > standalone CGI type program, you can still execute via crontab. Make a > > web page that you want to have run, then put something along the lines > > of: > > > > lynx http://localhost/scriptname.php > > > > as the command in the crontab file. Do note, you'll likely need to take > > steps to protect the script from being run by people you don't want > > touching it. You could use SSL, cookies and REMOTE_ADDR, among other > > things to accomplish that. > > > > --Dan > > > > -- > > PHP scripts that make your job easier > > http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/code/ > > SQL Solution | Layout Solution | Form Solution > > T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
