Thanks, Heather. That sounds like the ticket! If I get tired of crontab doing what it's doing, I can just send it to a script that does nothing. I work in PHP. Can it call PHP scripts?
Also, is the crontab scripting itself something I can upload myself onto a third party server? Or is it something the server people themselves have to add? I found a couple of good articles on crontab. Thanks again, Mike Michael M Milligan Web Developer (818) 909-9209 www.mmmilligan.com <http://www.mmmilligan.com> -----Original Message----- From: Heather Laidlaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: anybody worked with crontab? I work with it in a limited fashion, but I have access to people who use it at a more advanced stage. Usually, it's best with a crontab to set up a script and then just have the crontab call the script. That way you can make changes on the fly to the script and the crontab just merrily keeps running it... What exactly do you need help with? Heather Laidlaw Internet Manager Seattle Repertory Theatre [EMAIL PROTECTED] (206) 443-2210 x1044 www.seattlerep.org -----Original Message----- From: Michael Milligan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] anybody worked with crontab? I've got a client who wants to receive dbase in update emails daily, and I don't want to have to do it manually. I heard that crontab will do that...anybody had any experience with crontab? TIA, Mike Michael M Milligan Web Developer (818) 909-9209 www.mmmilligan.com ____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 6/30/03 ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
