Configuring Cron
lachmac - December 4, 2008 - 15:08
Hi,
I run a LAMP configuration with Apache 2.2.3, php 5 and Drupal 6.6. I am getting closer with the cron set-up, but not quite there. I can access Cron via a browser (http://mysite.com/cron) and that will cause cron to run. I have admin access through Webmin, and the site is running in the same network. PHP & WGET are found under /usr/bin/, and the site (and cron.php) is found under /var/www/mysite.com/.
I entered: /usr/bin/php /usr/bin/wget ./lachmann.se/ cron
and got: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '`' in /usr/bin/wget on line 496
if I do: /usr/bin/wget /var/www/lachmann.se/cron.php
It will tell me the scheme is not supported.
Anyone with a really good idea on how to make this work?
This handbook page should
This handbook page should set you to rights: http://drupal.org/cron
Basically, you don't want to try to fire the file directly from the server path. You want to access it from the web. So, using http://lachmann.se/cron.php with wget is what you want.
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Got it working...thanks..
Missed the HTTP part...
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Not possible at all host providers
Setting a cron to call http address is not possible with all hosts.
I had to consult my host, and they provided an additional cron2.php file that called cron.php via http.
Cant the Drupal team set the cron.php file so it can also run smoothly from shell?