Cron Help

[flyingt]

I've read multiple Cron tutorials including the one on this site and I can't get my scripts to run. None of the below permutations seem to work. The emails I receive say things such as "Input file not found." I've tried changing permissions; that didn't help.

I had them running every 5 minutes, but I switched them to every 5 hours until I can get this sorted out.

* */5 * * * php home/flyingt/public_html/count.php
* */5 * * * /usr/local/bin/php home/flyingt/www/aaa.php
* */5 * * * /usr/local/bin/php -q home/flyingt/public_html/count.php
* */5 * * * /usr/local/bin/php -q home/flyingt/www/aaa.php

Let's say I want to run the script at http://flyingtiger.exofire.net/aaa.php every 5 minutes. What do I need to do?

In case its relevant, here's the code. If I understand correctly, I should get an email that says "Hi" if I don't use the "-q" option:

<?php
echo "Hi";
?>

 

[Zubair]

This is a programming help question..

***Thread Moved to programming help***

 

[descalzo]

* */5 * * * /usr/local/bin/php -q  /home/flyingt/public_html/count.php

1. You need to start the path to your script with /
2. If you have multiple scripts running every five minutes, you will be in violation of x10's TOS. You either have to spread them out or do all the work in one script.

 

[flyingt]

It worked. Thank you so much.