Cron Jobs Command

acs4all · July 15th, 2003, 2:24 AM

This isn't "super" important to me, but it would help out.

Does anyone know what the command would be to have crontabs rebuild my entropy search index. I add and remove products from the site, daily, and it would be nice to have the index rebuild everyday, by itself.

If anyone happens to know of a good place to find out other commands for cron jobs, that would be great, also. I wouldn't mind having database backups done for me, too.

VTJustinB · July 15th, 2003, 8:23 AM

{EDIT} get back to you on that, I was thinking of something different.

VTJustinB · July 15th, 2003, 1:35 PM

It's a unix system for automating tasks.
http://help.powweb.com/tutorials/cron/setup.php explains it briefly,
also see: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/usail/automation/cron.html

I believe cPanel abstracts them slightly more than those explain, but it should give you an idea of what they're all about.

ACS, I was going to suggest that you just write a simple cgi or php script and cron it daily, but I hadn't realized how limited the API for entropy was (I actually can't find it anywhere outside of cpanel references). I'd maybe ask an admin to explain the entry point for the function that reindexes the site so you could duplicate that into a script to cron.

acs4all · July 16th, 2003, 12:23 AM

Yeah! I was kinda' looking like I needed the exact path for the reindexing. Even if I write something to do that, I'll have to find out from them.

July 15th, 2003, 2:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
acs4all Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in USA 10 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	This isn't "super" important to me, but it would help out. Does anyone know what the command would be to have crontabs rebuild my entropy search index. I add and remove products from the site, daily, and it would be nice to have the index rebuild everyday, by itself. If anyone happens to know of a good place to find out other commands for cron jobs, that would be great, also. I wouldn't mind having database backups done for me, too. __________________ Tom Affordable Computer Services

July 15th, 2003, 8:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
VTJustinB Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Research Triangle Park, NC / Blacksburg, VA 57 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	{EDIT} get back to you on that, I was thinking of something different. __________________ "I tried to go to Target but I missed" ~Mitch

July 15th, 2003, 1:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
VTJustinB Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Research Triangle Park, NC / Blacksburg, VA 57 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	It's a unix system for automating tasks. http://help.powweb.com/tutorials/cron/setup.php explains it briefly, also see: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/usail/automation/cron.html I believe cPanel abstracts them slightly more than those explain, but it should give you an idea of what they're all about. ACS, I was going to suggest that you just write a simple cgi or php script and cron it daily, but I hadn't realized how limited the API for entropy was (I actually can't find it anywhere outside of cpanel references). I'd maybe ask an admin to explain the entry point for the function that reindexes the site so you could duplicate that into a script to cron. __________________ "I tried to go to Target but I missed" ~Mitch

July 16th, 2003, 12:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
acs4all Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in USA 10 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Yeah! I was kinda' looking like I needed the exact path for the reindexing. Even if I write something to do that, I'll have to find out from them. __________________ Tom Affordable Computer Services

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