In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Keeline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >--- Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Slightly off topic, but I have written a program in PHP that needs to be >> run by Cron. There is no control panel, but I have Putty SSH access, so >> that I can use Subversion. >> >> If I connect via Putty, then type crontab -e, which I thought would >> bring up the current cron jobs - it just says, "No crontab for pete". I >> guess that I (pete) don't have permission to access the main crontab >> list. There are some crons already scheduled, which I cannot see. Does >> that sound correct? >> >> -- >> Pete Clark > >Are they cron jobs for your specific user or are they system-wide ones?
Does it matter? I suppose that they are system wide ones. They update certain files once a day. >Also, user crontabs depend on the individual machine. If your host has >multiple machines, say one for SVN but another for the Apache/MySQL then that >could be an explanation. one dedicated server >When you are logged in to that server can you see your PHP scripts and other >web files? yes, and of course I can wander below (above?) the root folder, into the non-public areas. >You may need to check with your sysadmin to find out how they have this set up. I was hoping to figure it out for myself... <G> > >James -- Pete Clark Sunny Andalucia http://hotcosta.com/Andalucia.Spain
