Re: Configuring cron on ensim servers?

>I just got a dedicated server from rackshack (www.rackshack.net). It >has ensim on it. Does anyone know how to use cron to run php on an >ensim server? The support won't help. I got no idea what "ensim" is, and have never heard of "rackshack"... But... 1. First, you need to find out if they bothered to compile PHP as a stand-alone binary (aka CGI) (and recently also known as CLI, though CGI and CLI may be subtly different... I ain't quite figured that out yet...) Start simple: whereis php If this has one of: /bin/php /usr/bin/php /usr/local/bin/php . . . in the output, you can do: file /whatever/path/to/php to be sure it's an "ELF binary blah blah blah" If it is, then you can just do: /whatever/path/to/php -f /full/path/to/your/script.php in your cron job. If you need an alternate php.ini file, you can use: /whatever/path/to/php -c /full/path/to/alternate/php.ini -f /full/path/to/your/script.php Now, just because 'whereis' didn't find 'php', doesn't mean it's not there... So if that fails, don't despair. Whip out 'locate': locate php | grep -e "/php$" The locate will generate *FAR* too many answers, since *EVERY* file *under* a directory named *anything* like 'php' including every damn file that ends in .php on the server... So, like the grep thingie says to snag only the ones that actually *END* in '/php' That will still show some directories that are useless, but should get rid of most of the junk you don't. To actually understand cron, use: man 5 crontab That makes it about as clear as it gets... -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm I'm looking for a PRO QUALITY two-input sound card supported by Linux (any major distro). Need to record live events (mixed already) to stereo CD-quality. Soundcard Recommendations? Software to handle the recording? Don't need fancy mixer stuff. Zero (0) post-production time. Just raw PCM/WAV/AIFF 16+ bit, 44.1KHz, Stereo audio-to-disk.