Re[2]: [PHP] Make cron file

Hi, Wednesday, September 29, 2004, 1:18:20 AM, you wrote: JB> [snip] JB> I need make a cron file, for example a .job file: JB> #mi ho di me seq job comment JB> 45 11 * * 0-5 php -q /home/test/test.php # Make backup JB> How can make it?. JB> [/snip] JB> Type crontab -e and the cron file will be opened....unless you're on a JB> Windows machine.... JB> -- JB> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) JB> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php You can do something like this for the web server user: <?php //new command to add $cmd = '40 * * * * /usr/local/apache/bin/clearopensmtp 2>&1 > /dev/null'; //get existing cron entries exec('crontab -l',$list); //add new command $list[] = $cmd; //may need to change the server var for your setup $path = dirname($_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED']).'/cronout'; //create a cronfile if($fp = fopen($path,"w")){ foreach($list as $line){ $line = trim($line); fputs($fp,$line."\n"); } fclose($fp); } //tell cron about it exec("crontab $path"); ?> Note appending to an existing cron file probably will not work as cron has to be told to re read it and the webserver user can not do that usually. -- regards, Tom