Re: Automated Processes

Try lynx --dump http://www.whatever.com/script.php Works for me. Jamie Alessio wrote: > > > How about making a php script that does 'the thing' (checking, mailing) > > without generating output and then using the following: > > > > lynx http://yourserver/the/special/script.php > > > > >From cron. Best of both worlds :) > > > I admit to not knowing much about lynx but how does this process stop? In my experience > (and brief test a moment ago) if you call lynx and point it to a page with no output it > loads a blank page and then just sits there like any other browser. Yes, the script was > executed and the desired result was achieved but if I run this from a cron job won't I > have a bunch of old lynx jobs hanging around? I'm guessing there is a way to configure > lynx to quit after loading a page or something like that but I'm in the dark on that. > Thanks for the info. > > - Jamie > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- ************************************************************************* * Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night. * * - George Allen * ************************************************************************* * Joseph C. Lloyd joe@soundprint.org joe@soundprint.org * * (301) 317-0110 http://www.soundprint.org * * Online Manager - System Administrator - Web Designer * *************************************************************************