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			| 3jorn | 
				
				
					|  Post subject: Cron jobs   Posted:  Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:11 pm  |  | 
		
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				|  |  | Who's ya Daddy??? |  Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:53 pm
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					| I made a php file that fetches weather info from a METAR site. 
 I want it to run automatically every hour, so that it uploads data to my database.
 
 On my website I got Cpanel, which enables me to run cron jobs, I just don't know how to go ahead.
 What command do I need to issue to launch for instance "lynx" to that URL every hour?
 
 Is there a better way to do it?
 
 
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			| wowyouareacow=GCHQ= | 
				
				
					|  Post subject:    Posted:  Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:33 pm  |  | 
		
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				|  |  | a norweigen silly curtain loving bitch |  |  |  Joined: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:35 pm
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			| Magoo=GCHQ= | 
				
				
					|  Post subject:    Posted:  Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:36 pm  |  | 
		
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				|  |  | A EWES dream sex machine |  |  |  Joined: Sun Mar 14, 2004 9:12 pm
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					| yup, well done cow. _________________     Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
 
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			| Arma | 
				
				
					|  Post subject:    Posted:  Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:02 pm  |  | 
		
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				|  |  | PFY wannabe |  |  |  Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:51 pm
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					| use wget? _________________   "I wish my lawn was emo, so it would cut itself...."
 
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			| 3jorn | 
				
				
					|  Post subject:    Posted:  Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:08 pm  |  | 
		
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				|  |  | Who's ya Daddy??? |  Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:53 pm
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					| lynx -dump http://wwwwwwww..... . 
 runs every 15 minutes, fetches weather data for my city and inserts into a database   
 
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			| Arma | 
				
				
					|  Post subject:    Posted:  Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:14 pm  |  | 
		
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				|  |  | PFY wannabe |  |  |  Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:51 pm
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					| N1  _________________   "I wish my lawn was emo, so it would cut itself...."
 
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			| The Knifing King™ | 
				
				
					|  Post subject:    Posted:  Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:23 pm  |  | 
		
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					| do you have telnet? its easier to set up crontabs than with cpanel 
 
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			| 3jorn | 
				
				
					|  Post subject:    Posted:  Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:39 pm  |  | 
		
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				|  |  | Who's ya Daddy??? |  Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:53 pm
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					| yeah I have that, but it was easy as crap in cpanel too  
 
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