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Steven Baltay
Steven Baltay

Reputation: 554

Cron job doesnt run

Im running ubuntu server, and im trying to run a script every hour. What I tried is:

sudo crontab -e

and then I add this to the end of the file:

MAILTO="[email protected]"
30 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/scripts/cronscript.php

The script doesnt seem to be running, and im not getting the email.
What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 326

Answers (3)

J. Scott Elblein
J. Scott Elblein

Reputation: 4283

You can also use cURL, like this:

curl http://foobar.com/scripts/cronscript.php

If you need it to run silently:

curl --silent http://foobar.com/scripts/cronscript.php

To add Gzip handling:

curl --compressed http://foobar.com/scripts/cronscript.php

I usually use both, like: curl --silent --compressed http://foobar.com/scripts/cronscript.php

Upvotes: 1

Steven Baltay
Steven Baltay

Reputation: 554

using:

30 * * * * /usr/bin/wget "http://example.com/scripts/cronscript.php"

worked for me

Upvotes: 2

Chris Trahey
Chris Trahey

Reputation: 18290

Use the -f flag of php to tell it to take that file as input: 

MAILTO="[email protected]"
30 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f /var/www/scripts/cronscript.php

That is, of course, if your php is actually located at /usr/bin

Upvotes: 3

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