RE: [PHP] php as cron

Good day, Calling another program with this script is unnecessary, since you are using the "shebang" operator. Instead of: */2 * * * * php /home/crontest.php > /dev/null Use: */2 * * * * /home/crontest.php > /dev/null Which should work just fine. As pointed out, the reason you were getting the message was because cron is not able to find "php" because /usr/local/bin is not in the path. If you really want to use it, then the following: */2 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/crontest.php > /dev/null would also work. You could remove the #! line in your script if you do so. ============================ Darren Gamble Planner, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4 (403) 781-4948 -----Original Message----- From: jr@JohnRudnick.net [mailto:jr@JohnRudnick.net] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:12 PM To: Darren Gamble Cc: 'me@shanewright.co.uk'; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] php as cron Why not just use lynx to run it? */2 * * * * /usr/local/bin/lynx -dump crontest.php JR > On Monday 10 Dec 2001 5:54 pm, Jay Paulson wrote: > > I'm trying to test php running as a cron job and I have installed php as a > > CGI in /usr/local/bin and I have edited my crontab file to call a php file > > every two minutes. However, it's not working and I was wondering if you > > all would know what's going on. Anyway, here's how I have things set up. > > > > crontab file: > > */2 * * * * php /home/crontest.php > /dev/null > > > > crontest.php: > > #!/usr/local/bin/php -q > > <?php > > mail("email@email.com","cron test", "testing",NULL); > > ?> > > > > email I'm receiving with error: > > Subject: Cron <> php /home/crontest.php > /dev/null > > Body: /bin/sh: php: command not found > > > > thanks for any help. > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 >