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#11483 Native Cron Script - PHP CLI executable

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 08 March 2012 06:20 CST

user58348
Hi Nicholas,

in the moment I am trying to automate my backup with a native cron script. I have three questions:

1. For the latest Cron Scripts (for MySQLDumper) I have been using Putty to enter the correpsonding scripts. I guess that I could use it here as well ?!

2. Usually, I am scheduling my Cronjobs with e. g. * * * * 05 placed in front of the script. Could this be done here as well?

3. In the manual, there is said that "the path to your PHP CLI executable" has to be used in the script. After having called the info.php of my server, the PHP information inter alia names a so called "Configuration File (php.ini) Path". Is this the "path to your PHP CLI executable"?

Thank you in advance!

Netzy

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
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1&2 - Yes, of course. These questions apply to your specific server setup (connecting and setting up CRON jobs respectively), not the software you are tying to automate with CRON jobs.

3 - No. I mean the PHP executable. php.ini is a configuration file, not an executable. Ask your host about it.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

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