What does the "-dump" and ">/dev/null 2>&1" stuff do?

--- Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You could setup cron to run lynx or some other
> command line web browser...
> something like:
> 
> 0 * * * * /path/to/lynx -dump
> http://server/path/to/script.php >/dev/null 2>&1
> 
> Then as the first thing in that script you will
> probably want to set the
> time limit to 0 so it doesn't time out...
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Daren Cotter wrote:
> 
> > I have PHP installed on a Cobalt RaQ550. I know
> there
> > are two ways of installing PHP, one as a binary,
> and
> > one as an Apache module. I am pretty sure PHP gets
> > installed as an Apache module for the Cobalt
> > installation.
> >
> > My problem, is that I absolutely NEED to run a PHP
> > script using crontab. The script needs to send
> > numerous queries to a database every hour. Is
> there
> > any way I can accomplish this, directly or
> indirectly?
> >
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