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Apr 19, 2001, 03:43 #1
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Hi,
Just been reading the below thread on Cron and wanted to make sure I was about to do things correctly be causing potential havock with the server.
I have a number of php scripts which fetch new data every 2 hours and write to a cache file. Problem is that the occasional user (1 every 2 hours) get a very slow page load.
Hence I would like to automatically load the page every 2 hours behind the scenes to prevent this - hence Cron.
Hostrocket are my host and the have a Cron Tab control in the Cont Panel.
To simple call the pages with the scripts in to execute is this the correct command:
php /www/username/directory/file.php > /dev/null
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How do I set my time settings to work every two hours ?
0 * * * * - This I believe is every hour - what is correct for every 2 hours?
Thanks for the help.
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Apr 19, 2001, 08:57 #2
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I know it doesn't look nice, but I don't know of a better way at the moment
0 0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22 * * *- Son Nguyen
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Apr 19, 2001, 10:29 #3
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Hi,
If you are on the new servers (not the alabanza ones) then this is your crontab:
0 */2 * * * php /home/username/public_html/directory/file.php > /dev/null
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Apr 19, 2001, 10:32 #4
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Cheers for the info - yes I'm on the VDI ones.
Is there a problem with running more than 13 cron jobs on these servers - I have noticed that when I try and put more in through the Cron Tab Page that they are not added - I need to run 20.
Cheers
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Apr 19, 2001, 10:35 #5
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Hi,
There should be a problem, can you please send in a trouble ticket and we'll submit it to cpanel if we can't find the problem.
Also to temporairily fix it read this:
http://www.codingclick.com/article.php/aid/17
Sorry for the self advertising....
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Apr 19, 2001, 11:32 #6
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Will do - cheers!
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