Help with cron jobs

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 5

Hi i am hoping someone can help me with this i am trying to set up a cron using cpanel to log into an ftp server download a file then write to a file on my site but cant seem to get it to work i know it is possible because we used to have it on our old site just cant remember how.

any help would be much appreciated.

this is what i was trying to use - ftp://***.***.***.**/Desktop/coDUOTDM1pure/uo/tdm1june.log > publi_html/vspstats/codtdm1/tdm1june.log

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:18 pm (17 years, 9 months ago)

Here's what you should use as the cron command:

Code:

wget -O ~/public_html/vpstats/codtdm1/tdm1june.log --ftp-user=user --ftp-password=password ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/Desktop/coDUOTDM1pure/uo/tdm1june.log

Obviously, if this is a public FTP server you can leave out the username/password options.

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 5

thanks a lot for that but i still get an error with that as well Sad

/bin/sh: /usr/bin/wget: Permission denied

does not try to log into my ftp server so guessing must be a prob at the website end.

any ideas ?

if it will help to solve the problem i can be contacted on msn = cantfindmypotato@hotmail.co.uk

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:21 pm (17 years, 9 months ago)

That indicates that your host has restricted which commands you can run, and you will need to contact them about it.

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 5

ok i have changed website hosts for other reasons but still having problems with cron.

i have checked on our old site where it was working and so changed it too my settings and still does not work can you take a look and see if can see whats wrong.

Code:

php -c cfg-default.php -l cod -p savestate 1 ftp://**.**.**.**/Deskstop/CoDUOTDM1/uo/tdm1july.log

error i get now is = /bin/sh: line 1: hp: command not found

Thanks again for your help

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

What is this supposed to do? I've never heard of the "hp" command...

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 5

sorry missed out the p when i coppied it :s

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Ah OK, now I look at it (and see "default.php") it does seem rather obvious - I should have spotted it! So did that solve your problem?

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 5

no now i get the error = no input file specified