Run a PHP file in a cron job using CPanel
I used this command to activate cron job for this. /usr/bin/php -q /home/username/public_html/yourfilename.php on godaddy server, and its working fine.
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How to log cron jobs?
* * * * * myjob.sh >> /var/log/myjob.log 2>&1 will log all output from the cron job to /var/log/myjob.log You might use mail to send emails. Most systems will send unhandled cron job output by email to root or the corresponding user.
How to simulate the environment cron executes a script with?
Add this to your crontab (temporarily): * * * * * env > ~/cronenv After it runs, do this: env – `cat ~/cronenv` /bin/sh This assumes that your cron runs /bin/sh, which is the default regardless of the user’s default shell. Footnote: if env contains more advanced config, eg PS1=$(__git_ps1 ” (%s)”)$, it will error … Read more
Execute PHP script in cron job
Automated Tasks: Cron Cron is a time-based scheduling service in Linux / Unix-like computer operating systems. Cron job are used to schedule commands to be executed periodically. You can setup commands or scripts, which will repeatedly run at a set time. Cron is one of the most useful tool in Linux or UNIX like operating … Read more
Cron and virtualenv
You should be able to do this by using the python in your virtual environment: /home/my/virtual/bin/python /home/my/project/manage.py command arg EDIT: If your django project isn’t in the PYTHONPATH, then you’ll need to switch to the right directory: cd /home/my/project && /home/my/virtual/bin/python … You can also try to log the failure from cron: cd /home/my/project && … Read more
Execute Python script via crontab
Just use crontab -e and follow the tutorial here. Look at point 3 for a guide on how to specify the frequency. Based on your requirement, it should effectively be: */10 * * * * /usr/bin/python script.py
PHP: running scheduled jobs (cron jobs)
That’s what cronjobs are made for. man crontab assuming you are running a linux server. If you don’t have shell access or no way to setup cronjobs, there are free services that setup cronjobs on external servers and ping one of your URLs.
Setting up a cron job in Windows
The windows equivalent to a cron job is a scheduled task. A scheduled task can be created as described by Alex and Rudu, but it can also be done command line with schtasks (if you for instance need to script it or add it to version control). An example: schtasks /create /tn calculate /tr calc … Read more
Running a cron every 30 seconds
You have */30 in the minutes specifier – that means every minute but with a step of 30 (in other words, every half hour). Since cron does not go down to sub-minute resolutions, you will need to find another way. One possibility, though it’s a bit of a kludge(a), is to have two jobs, one … Read more
How do I write a bash script to restart a process if it dies?
Avoid PID-files, crons, or anything else that tries to evaluate processes that aren’t their children. There is a very good reason why in UNIX, you can ONLY wait on your children. Any method (ps parsing, pgrep, storing a PID, …) that tries to work around that is flawed and has gaping holes in it. Just … Read more