View Full Version : Set up a cron job
boelter
11-03-2007, 06:06 PM
I have made a php script to do what I want but I am un-sure how to set up cronjob to make it run at 4 am every day. anyone know of a good tatorial?
saosangmo
11-04-2007, 01:24 AM
Please search in Help Desk
http://helpdesk.bluehost.com/kb/index.php?mod_id=2&kb_keywords=cron
boelter
11-19-2007, 02:34 PM
I have done that but now I am running into a new problem. here is the error message I am getting.
/bin/sh: /home/myaccount/public_html/thedancedirectory/datedel.php: Permission denied
felgall
11-19-2007, 03:48 PM
Is your account name "myaccount"? If not then you need to substitute your correct account name into the path in its place.
boelter
11-19-2007, 04:03 PM
No, I replaced my account name with that just so it was not advertised on the forum.
silentcollision
11-21-2007, 08:05 PM
Try:
/usr/bin/php $HOME/public_html/path/to/file.php
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