Running simple cron on MAMP

Question

How can I get http://localhost:8888/site_name/index.php to run every 30 min until I manually stop it (edit the cron file)? This is on a Mac running MAMP.

I know how to set one up using the wizard in a cpanel but have never done this on MAMP before.

Answer 1

Here is a guide to using cron on OSX : http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2001020700163714

in cron (crontab -e in a terminal) enter :

0,30 * * * * root curl http://localhost:8888/site_name/index.php > /dev/null