RE: [PHP] Is CRON'd PHP script already running?

2001-09-21 Thread Simon Kimber
How do i do that exactly? Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Richard Heyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 September 2001 18:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Is CRON'd PHP script already running? ...in perl check to see if the process is already running

RE: [PHP] Is CRON'd PHP script already running?

2001-09-20 Thread Jack Dempsey
i'm sure there are more elegant solutions, but you could control the running of your php script via a perl script called by cronin perl check to see if the process is already running, and if so exit, else start it jack -Original Message- From: Simon Kimber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

RE: [PHP] Is CRON'd PHP script already running?

2001-09-20 Thread Richard Heyes
...in perl check to see if the process is already running, and if so exit... Or just do this at the top of the cron'ed php script. -- Richard Heyes I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. - Albert Einstein -- PHP

RE: [PHP] Is CRON'd PHP script already running?

2001-09-20 Thread Don Read
On 20-Sep-2001 Simon Kimber wrote: Hi All, I have a PHP script that i want to run every few minutes (via cron) but I only want it to run if it isn't already running. Is there something in cron itself to solve this or is there a way within PHP to detect that another instance of the