Cron Command Help Please

[scottsgravy]

I have a script I want to run: cron-lynx.sh

 

Its located here: /public_html/scripts/

 

Using the Standard Cron Manager in cpanel, what do I enter in "Command to run."

 

Thanks.

[TCH-Bruce]

You would enter: /home/yourcpanelname/public_html/scripts/name-of-script

[scottsgravy]

You would enter: /home/yourcpanelname/public_html/scripts/name-of-script

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Thanks. That path worked.

 

I'm getting an error:

 

/bin/sh: line 1: /home/controlpanelname/public_html/scripts/cron-lynx.sh: Permission denied

 

The script in cron-lynx.sh is:

#!/bin/sh

/usr/bin/lynx -source http://www.scottsgravy.com/cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1

[TCH-RobertM]

Hi Scott, You would need to make sure the permissions are set to execute

this maybe the cause for your issue.

[borfast]

Scott, you may also want to run a simpler cron command, such as

>php -q /home/yourusername/public_html/cron.php

That way you don't need an extra shell script.

 

Moving for organization.

[scottsgravy]

Scott, you may also want to run a simpler cron command, such as

>php -q /home/yourusername/public_html/cron.php

That way you don't need an extra shell script.

 

Moving for organization.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Thanks, I tried that and got a bunch of errors. Maybe it doesn't work with Drupal?

 

The other way works though. Thanks everyone for your help.

[borfast]

Well, I'm not sure how Drupal needs the script to be run but either way should work just fine. If you got errors when using the method I suggested, you probably got the same errors when using the shell script but those are redirected to /dev/null, so you won't see them.

 

Anyway, glad you got it working