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OK... I have a script I want to run exactly once a day, at midnight.
It's fully automated and requires no human intervention. I just need it to go off EXACTLY once a day, on time, to update several tables. How the hell would I go about this? |
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cron. Who's your web host? If they use cpanel3, there is a form that you can fill out. Accepting the default 0 0 0 * * * will make it run exactly at midnight each day.
Otherwise read the cron man pages is the best advice that I can give. Amy |
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We're using Ventures Online... CPanel3
I tried using the crontab on it, with the lynx -dump suggested in the robotmod hack thread... but it didn't seem to work... Any other ways to do this? |
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Same host Here's how ya do it. You need the full path to lynx.
Here's mine: /usr/bin/lynx -dump http://www.eaforums.com/xxx.php Hope it works for you. Amy |
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Grr...
This just doesn't want to work... I set Minutes to 10 minutes past the current time... Hours to * (which should be "Every hour") And the command is /usr/bin/lynx -dump http://130.94.171.148/board/dummyscr...on=dosomething And nothing. I can access the correct URL while not logged into the VB and have it execute just fine... But no matter how many times I try it... nothing happens. I guess I'll try something else... |
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