cron job problems

takpoli · 05-11-2004, 11:56 AM

I just moved to a hosting that "supports" both SSH and cron job. However, the following are the limitations:

1. I can not use crontab -u in SSH
2. The official cron job runs at my root which is 3 levels up from ADMIN directory.

Anyway out? Charter, could this be another enhancement to the new version of PHPDIG script?

takpoli · 05-12-2004, 08:47 AM

Because my cron job has to run in my root. I try the following:

1. I make another copy of spider.php and place it in my root.
2. I try "php spider.php cronlist >> spider.log"

I got "path not found" types of errors in spider.log

3. I change $relative_script_path from ".." to "public_html/phpdid" (line 31, that is my path).

I got nothing (0 byte) in spider.log file. Anything I did wrong? Did anyone try to run shell mode spider in directories other than admin? Please help!!!

takpoli · 05-12-2004, 11:40 AM

Finally, I get some output in spider.log:

 
Warning: main(../includes/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 91 
 
Warning: main(): Failed opening '../includes/config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 91 
 
Warning: main(../libs/auth.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 92 
 
Warning: main(): Failed opening '../libs/auth.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 92 
 
Warning: main(../admin/robot_functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 96 
 
Warning: main(): Failed opening '../admin/robot_functions.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 96 
 
Warning: main(../libs/htmlheader.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 102 
 
Warning: main(): Failed opening '../libs/htmlheader.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 102 
<head>

 
Warning: main(../libs/htmlmetas.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 104 
 
Warning: main(): Failed opening '../libs/htmlmetas.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 104 
</head>

<body bgcolor="white">

<img src="../phpdig_logo_2.png" width="200" height="114" alt="PhpDig PHPDIG_VERSION" /> 

<h3> 
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: phpdigprnmsg() in /home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php on line 108 
500 Can't connect to cronlist.txt:80 (Bad hostname 'cronlist.txt')

It seems some other places need to be change. Could anyone help? Thanks.

bloodjelly · 05-12-2004, 01:26 PM

Try using absolute paths (e.g. /usr/bin/php -f /path/to/spider.php)

Don't forget the -f part

05-12-2004, 11:40 AM	#3
takpoli Green Mole Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10	Finally, I get some output in spider.log: <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(../includes/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>91</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(): Failed opening '../includes/config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>91</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(../libs/auth.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>92</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(): Failed opening '../libs/auth.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>92</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(../admin/robot_functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>96</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(): Failed opening '../admin/robot_functions.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>96</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(../libs/htmlheader.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>102</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(): Failed opening '../libs/htmlheader.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>102</b><br /> <head> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(../libs/htmlmetas.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>104</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(): Failed opening '../libs/htmlmetas.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>104</b><br /> </head> <body bgcolor="white"> <img src="../phpdig_logo_2.png" width="200" height="114" alt="PhpDig PHPDIG_VERSION" /><br /> <h3><br /> <b>Fatal error</b>: Call to undefined function: phpdigprnmsg() in <b>/home/takpoli/public_html/spider.php</b> on line <b>108</b><br /> 500 Can't connect to cronlist.txt:80 (Bad hostname 'cronlist.txt') It seems some other places need to be change. Could anyone help? Thanks.

05-12-2004, 01:26 PM	#4
bloodjelly Purple Mole Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 106	Try using absolute paths (e.g. /usr/bin/php -f /path/to/spider.php) Don't forget the -f part __________________ Foundmyself.com artist community, art galleries

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05-11-2004, 11:56 AM	#1
takpoli Green Mole Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10	I just moved to a hosting that "supports" both SSH and cron job. However, the following are the limitations: 1. I can not use crontab -u in SSH 2. The official cron job runs at my root which is 3 levels up from ADMIN directory. Anyway out? Charter, could this be another enhancement to the new version of PHPDIG script?

05-12-2004, 08:47 AM	#2
takpoli Green Mole Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10	Because my cron job has to run in my root. I try the following: 1. I make another copy of spider.php and place it in my root. 2. I try "php spider.php cronlist >> spider.log" I got "path not found" types of errors in spider.log 3. I change $relative_script_path from ".." to "public_html/phpdid" (line 31, that is my path). I got nothing (0 byte) in spider.log file. Anything I did wrong? Did anyone try to run shell mode spider in directories other than admin? Please help!!!