Cron job w/ Rev CGI

[Bill Marriott]

Well, I figured out how to suppress the error messages. I can add a second 
parameter to the end of the crontab entry which redirects error messages to 
the file/directory of my choice.

2>/dev/null

So, the whole string is

*/15   *   *   *   *   /path/to/cgi/script.rev >/dev/null 2>/dev/null

or simply

*/15   *   *   *   *   /path/to/cgi/script.rev >/dev/null 2>&1

The error seems to occur because the rev engine is looking for graphics 
libraries which either don't exist, or cannot be found (because my hosting 
provider does not provide environment variables to cron jobs).

Next, I'll be experimenting with "send XX to me in NN minutes" to see if 
that kind of thing works in a CGI.

Thanks!

"Bill Marriott" <wjm at wjm.org> wrote in message 
news:eoc25u$6ca$1 at sea.gmane.org...
> Got it working...
>
> The tricks were:
>
> 1) path to my script was ./sitename/cgi-bin/script
>
> 2) I have to use the full pathname to the engine, e.g.:
>
> #!./sitename/cgi-bin/revolution
>
> at the start of my scripts
>
> The only remaining problem is that the server emails me every time it 
> runs:
>
> Could not open libgdk-x11-2.0.so: libgobject-2.0.so: cannot open shared 
> object file: No such file or directory
>
> otherwise the script runs perfectly.
>
> Any ideas how to eliminate/suppress that error message?
>
>
> "Dave Cragg" <dave.cragg at lacscentre.co.uk> wrote in 
> message 
> news:6F7C1897-7941-40E8-8A08-7FD2C6544D3B at lacscentre.co.uk...
>>
>> On 14 Jan 2007, at 00:32, Bill Marriott wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I have a little Rev CGI script that works exactly the way I  want 
>>> it to
>>> when I summon it from the address bar using a web browser... I just 
>>> want it
>>> to do its thing every 15 minutes now. I don't even know the syntax/ 
>>> procedure
>>> for that.
>>
>> There's a good tutorial here.
>>
>> http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=Tutorial&pageid=78
>>
>> But basically, you need to enter a line in your crontab something  like 
>> the following:
>>
>> */15   *   *   *   *   /path/to/cgi/script.rev > /dev/null
>>
>> This will run the script every 15 minutes.
>>
>> Like Pierre, I like to use Cronnix on OS X. I'm generally nervous  around 
>> Linux, but I've used the following procedure before.
>>
>> 1.  Export the existing crontab to a file. The command would be
>>
>>    crontab -l > /path/to/file.txt
>>
>> 2.  Edit the file by adding your new entry (similar to the above 
>> example) at the end.
>>
>> 3.  Re-install the settings:
>>
>>    crontab /path/to/file.txt
>>
>>
>> I suggest reading the tutorial first.
>> Be careful! :-)
>>
>> Dave
>>
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