Help setting a cronjob up.

[tomfordx]

I am trying to run a cron every 10 minutes. Now I have tried several commands to get this to work but each time it doesn't! I can run the code manually perfectly fine. So it has to be down to the commands I am using. So could someone please help me with the commands used. The path I am using is: /home/<username_here>/public_html/alpha/turn.php

Thank you!

 

[descalzo]

/usr/bin/php -q  /home/igor/public_html/alpha/turn.php >>/home/igor/public_html/alpha/cron_log.txt 2>&1

this way any output/error messages get put into cron_log.txt for debugging, etc.

 

[misson]

See also the X10 wiki article on cron jobs.

 

[tomfordx]

/usr/local/bin/php -q  /home/tomfordx/public_html/alpha/turn.php >>/home/tomfordx/public_html/alpha/cron_log.txt 2>&1

I used the above command, yet I fail to get an output or error message in the cron_log.txt. It is as if the cron is not even running to start with...

 

[descalzo]

1. Try putting an

echo "it ran"

line in your script

2. What is the time part of the cron command look like?

3. Alternatively, misspell the script name and see if that produces an error message.

 

[misson]

Slightly off-topic, note that you should place the script under your web folder only if the script should also be accessible as a web page. If not, place it elsewhere under your home folder.