Re: Why lynx don't work with cron?

Hi Rob, I gave up of lynx. Now I'm using "wget" and it's working great! try this with cron: "wget -q http://domain.com/script.php" the "-q" option is to run on "quiet" mode. see you. Augusto --- Rob Hardowa <rob@lionofzion.com> escreveu: > Hiya, > > I was waiting for someone to answer this question > but it hasn't happened yet. > I was using this a couple years ago to get a > weather page from http after > the ftp site with the raw text disappeared. Rest > assured this has NOTHING to > do with php and everything to do with lynx. > > I ran my script fine, then after I upgraded my > system (I believe it was > redhat 6.2) I started getting the error msg you got. > After doing 'man lynx' > and reading what I could, I gave up really fast and > just reinstalled an older > version of lynx cause let's face it, it was just a > weather script that didn't > warrant more than 20 minutes on. > > The message is basically saying "Hey, you're running > me from a cron job and I > can't find an ncurses terminal to output to!" I am > assuming that's what it > is but don't quote me :) You may want to spend a > little time in the lynx > docs, and then let us know when you find out :) > Also, I'm not 100% sure that > the script itself isn't running.....try redirecting > that from dev/null to > writing to a file like /home/user/TEST.PHP and > examine the contents..... > > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 05:50 am, you wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying the command "lynx -dump -nolog > > http://localhost/script.php > /dev/null" on > crontab > > but I (httpd) receive an e-mail from "Cron Daemon" > > saying that: > > "Your terminal lacks the ability to clear the > screen > > or position the cursor." > > > > what should I do run my script with cron? > > > > thanks, > > > > Augusto > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > >____________________ Yahoo! GeoCities > > Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua > home page no Yahoo! > > GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! > http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: > php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! GeoCities Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home page no Yahoo! GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/