cronjob error

[deltaned]

Hi,

An customer have an script on his site so he can check every 24hr some names and iff needit there will send mails out.

He make an cronjob but we get:
/bin/sh: line 1: /home/username/domains/userdomain.com/public_html/job.php: Permission denied

In his job.php he add:
chdir('/home/username/domains/userdomain.com/public_html');
<?
mysql_connect ("localhost", "user_sql", "user_pass");
mysql_select_db ("user_database");

function tekst ($id) {
return @mysql_result (mysql_query ("SELECT twee FROM teksten WHERE id='$id'"), 0, twee);
}
(and mutch more)

What can we do to run this script every 24 hours?
Tips are welcome!

[directadmin.ru]

make so:


0 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/php -f /home/username/domains/userdomain.com/public_html/job.php

[nobaloney]

directadmin.ru...

Read the post again and you'll see that deltaned's problem is that it doesn't run at all, not that he doesn't know how to set up cron jobs.

deltaned...

Have you tried running it from the cron job commands from the command line? Have you tried running the actual cron job from the command line?

If you don't have shell access to the server (and I'd bet you don't, based on the forum you're writing in), you'll probably have to be in touch with your hosting provider to have him/her help.

Jeff

[directadmin.ru]

I has understood from
/bin/sh: line 1: /home/username/domains/userdomain.com/public_html/job.php: Permission denied
That deltaned attempts to start this script as sh script, and script on php it is necessary to start through interpretator php, or in the beginning script it is necessary to paste #!/usr/local/bin/php And to establish chmod 755

[Pheonix]

so this is EXACTLY what i need to type in the command section ONLY:


#!/usr/local/bin/php -f /home/username/domains/userdomain.com/public_html/job.php

[ProWebUK]

Originally posted by Pheonix
so this is EXACTLY what i need to type in the command section ONLY:


#!/usr/local/bin/php -f /home/username/domains/userdomain.com/public_html/job.php

No, thats a command but not for cron.

0 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/php -f /home/username/domains/userdomain.com/public_html/job.php

The piece in bold tells cron how often to run it, t run the script directly from command line you can use the line you posted without the #! - that is only for use at the top of pages ;)

Chris

[Pheonix]

but doesnt it let you set 0 0 * * * and stuff in the fields above? or do i just leave them all at the default *

also while your here :)

i want to run this cron job as well


(cd /home/pheonix/domains/lordsofthemist.com/tmp/jpcache/ ; rm * )

but am getting this error


rm: cannot remove `*': No such file or directory

the command i want to run is to clear that directory every certain amount of times. (yes that directory is correct and properly chmodded i just think i have a syntax error :S

[DirectAdmin Support]

set the minute to 0, the hour to 0 and the rest to *.

John

[Pheonix]

works great now :)


what about the other cron job one to clear the directory? whats rong with it? (code posted above)

[ProWebUK]

rm -r /path/to/directory

Once your confident it does what you want change it to:

rm -rf /path/to/directory

** DO NOT RUN "RM -RF /" OR ANY COMMAND LIKE THAT FROM THE ROOT DIR **

Chris

[Pheonix]

running this command


* * */2 * * rm -r /home/pheonix/domains/lordsofthemist.com/tmp/jpcache


i get this error:


rm: cannot remove `/home/pheonix/domains/lordsofthemist.com/tmp/jpcache': No such file or directory

what should i be putting instead?

[ProWebUK]

Originally posted by Pheonix i get this error:


rm: cannot remove `/home/pheonix/domains/lordsofthemist.com/tmp/jpcache': No such file or directory

what should i be putting instead?

Read the error..

ls /home/pheonix/domains/lordsofthemist.com/tmp/jpcache

output?

cd /home/pheonix/domains/lordsofthemist.com/tmp/
ls

do you see jpcache listed there?

Chris

[Pheonix]

ok... i have a script that randomly generates files in the folder jpcache that i want cleared every 2 days. i cant specify the file names as they are 32 digits long and randomly made with no file extension.... so what command in

/home/pheonix/domains/lordsofthemist.com/tmp/jpcache

do i run to clear that directory while not deleteing the folder jpcache so that the files may still generate there normally.

sorry for all the confusion.

[ProWebUK]

Originally posted by Pheonix
ok... i have a script that randomly generates files in the folder jpcache that i want cleared every 2 days. i cant specify the file names as they are 32 digits long and randomly made with no file extension.... so what command in

/home/pheonix/domains/lordsofthemist.com/tmp/jpcache

do i run to clear that directory while not deleteing the folder jpcache so that the files may still generate there normally.

sorry for all the confusion.

rm -f /path/to/directory/*

Chris