Date:  Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:03:11 -0500
From:  Jon McCauley <jmccauley (at mark) ontarioweb.ca>
Subject:  [coba-e:08474] Re: Cron
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Tony Loosle wrote:
> I need to add a php script to the cron job.
>
> When I enter crontab -e to edit it, I get a list of ~
>
> How do I add a cron job?
>
> tony
>
>   
Tony, this is quite easy to do, first you need to make a file in the cron.d

vi /etc/cron.d/whatever.cron

now add ( I have this running every ten minutes )
*/10 * * * * apache /path/to/your/php/script.php > /dev/null 2>&1

Restart service
/etc/rc.d/init.d/crond restart

Now add to your script at the top
#!/usr/bin/php -q



Best Regards, Jon McCauley