Cron job for SMFshop bank interest not wking

[AZOVGY]

I'm trying to get bank interest working in SMFshop, to do this automatically I need to setup a cron job, the command given by the author doesn't seem to work, here it is,

/usr/bin/php -q /home/[username]/public_html/[forum]/Sources/shop/dointerest.php > /home/[username]/public_html/[forum]/interest_log.htm

more info can be found at http://www.dansoftaustralia.net/smfshop_wiki/Bank_Interest

Whenever I setup this cron job I never receive an email to confirm the job has been done, is the command correct or does it need editing in some way, any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[nunoabc]

how about letting us know the email? it helps.
BTW i dont understand nothing about that

 

[AZOVGY]

Didn't realise an email address would be needed or are you asking for an email I have recieved?

 

[Livewire]

Didn't realise an email address would be needed or are you asking for an email I have recieved?

It shouldn't matter at all because the email should be sent if it's working, and you're saying it isn't.

I guess my question is in your original script you posted:

 /usr/bin/php -q /home/[I][username][/I]/public_html/[I][forum][/I]/Sources/shop/dointerest.php > /home/[I][username][/I]/public_html/[I][forum][/I]/interest_log.htm

I see [username] and [forum] in there. Did you change those so it'd read something like /home/lw90210/public_html/smf_forum/sources/shop/dointerest.php?

It needs your username and the path to the main forum directory filled in or it'll error cause it won't find that username or the forum in the username.

 

[AZOVGY]

Yes, I did change those, I am now getting the logs I'm supposed to from the bank interest script so I think it is working now, just checking it although I am still not receiving any emails. (I have tested my own email account and that is working so not sure what is going on)