| From: | Mathijs Brands <mathijs(at)ilse(dot)nl> |
|---|---|
| To: | "Poul L(dot) Christiansen" <poulc(at)cs(dot)auc(dot)dk> |
| Cc: | Bernie Huang <bernie(dot)huang(at)ec(dot)gc(dot)ca>, PHP_DB <php-db(at)lists(dot)php(dot)net>, PHP_General <php-general(at)lists(dot)php(dot)net>, PGSQL-SQL <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PGSQL-GENERAL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [SQL] a script that queries database periodically |
| Date: | 2000-11-27 23:06:26 |
| Message-ID: | 20001128000625.B60768@ilse.nl |
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On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 10:44:39PM +0100, Poul L. Christiansen allegedly wrote:
> I have a bash script in crontab with the following line:
> "lynx -dump
> http://127.0.0.1/postgres/myPhpFile.php>${currentDir}php_output.html"
>
> You can also just put that line directly into crontab.
>
> Poul L. Christiansen
Be sure to redirect the output of the command in your crontab to /dev/null
or something similar. If you don't, the output (HTML) will be emailed to
you each time the script is run. Whether this side effect is desirable is
of course up to you (or your boss, for instance).
Getting even more off-topic,
Mathijs
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Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
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