Re: Running Crontab on php script

Richard Kurth <rkurth@pacifier.com> wrote: > > I have a php script that runs at root. I have php compiled as a cgi to > do this. > My question is what is the best way to run a crontab so that it does > not send a message every time it runs. This script runs every 5 min > and it can get pretty frustrating to get this email. > The script runs only if there is another file present if the file is > not there it shuts down. But I still get the email. > I have it set this way right know and I only get an email if there is > an error. Is there a better way to do it > > 5 * * * * /home/sites/home/auto/creatacct.php > /tmp/logdump.LOG > 0 0 * * * /home/sites/home/auto/mail.php > /tmp/logdump.LOG > Like this: 5 * * * * /home/sites/home/auto/creatacct.php > /tmp/logdump.LOG 2>&1 0 0 * * * /home/sites/home/auto/mail.php > /tmp/logdump.LOG 2>&1 It makes stderr go to the same place stdout goes, which is to your log file in this case. Mark