Re: OT cron/perl/php..

If it's a php script, you can place it in your cron-daily folder on your server, but to have it execute as a shell script, you would have to add: #!/usr/bin/php -q (or whatever the path to php is on your server) at the very top of your script. The -q flag supresses the headers. You would also have to change the permissions to have the file executable. HTH, J. Kelly Meeks wrote: > I've found a really handy php script (mysqlphpbak) that will backup all mysql databases > for me via mysqldump. > > I'm using a cobalt raq server, and according to them, I can create a script and put it in > a cron-daily directory, and that script will be executed. > > How do I create that script? Does it have to be in perl, and if so, how would you code it? Or > could it be a php file? > > Sorry for the exceedingly off-topic post, I'm obviously new to the sysadmin side of > things... > > Kelly