Getting Cron Jobs To Run

[russellmcox]

My programmers are trying to get a CRON job to run.

I have executed the CRON job by addressing it directly @

 

http://serverXXXX/~xxxxx/cron.php

or

http://www.XXXXXXXXX/cron.php

 

It is currently producing some kind of a script error as you will see if you execute it.

 

The error notwithstanding, they have asked me to seek assistance on how to get it to run periodically.

They have access to my account and cpanel.

 

I can set the timer for every minute (for testing) and they use the following url in setting up the job:

php /home/XXXXXXXXXXXX/public_html/xxxxxx/cron.php

 

I don't have much experience at this, but I would have used the following:

http://serverXXXXXX/~xxxxxxx/cron.php

 

But, neither url seems to work.

 

I set the email address to my account, but I receive nothing, thus I'm unable to determine if it is working.

It is supposed to perform some action on my web site (under development).

But since we're debugging a script, I can't tell if it performs the desired action, except for the obvious error it shows if you execute it manually.

 

Any thoughts before I create a Helpdesk Ticket?

 

Regards,

Russell Cox

[TCH-Alex]

I 've set the cron job for your account. You can see that on cPanel => Cron Jobs option

However, you may check the cron script with the developer as it is throwing errors.

[russellmcox]

I 've set the cron job for your account. You can see that on cPanel => Cron Jobs option

However, you may check the cron script with the developer as it is throwing errors.

 

How do get the CRON job to email me optionally to report success?

 

Regards,

Russell Cox

[TCH-Bruce]

The script you are running as a cron job would have to be written to send you an email on success. Cron will only report errors.

[russellmcox]

I 've set the cron job for your account. You can see that on cPanel => Cron Jobs option

However, you may check the cron script with the developer as it is throwing errors.

 

While I can attest to the fact that the CRON Job is running, based on what the script is doing, darned if I can see what you did to change the way I had it specified.

It would help in the future if I understood.

 

Regards,

Russell Cox