How to run a daily cron job? [nginx] [duplicate]

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How to run a cron job?

Server: nginx/0.8.54
OS: Ubuntu 11.04
Host: Rackspace UK Cloud
Access: Full Root etc

I have a PHP script in my cloud server:

/var/www/www.site.com/web/cron_tasks.hash/report.php

I want to run this task every day just once - the time does not matter. It would be ideal if I could run it in the morning.

Also how can I view a list of already listed cron jobs? Sorry but I can't find an Nginx server question for this.

I think normal SSH commands will work regardless. Nginx btw is the server OS - it is a web server and not the server itself. — M1th, Sep 14, 2012 at 8:55

Sven · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-14 09:45:03Z

5

Open Nginx in SuperUser mode

sudo su
View Cron Jobs

crontab -l
Edit Cron Jobs

crontab -e
Daily Cron Jobs

# Run this script at 12 midnight once a day

5 0 * * * /var/www/www.site.com/web/cron_tasks.hash/report.php

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This presupposes that the report.php has a suitable shebang which isn't normally the case.
– user9517
Sep 15, 2012 at 21:39
Hi, may i know what does 5 0 * * * refers to?
– Slay
May 19, 2016 at 10:12

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user9517 · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-14 09:23:33Z

This really has nothing to do with nginx.

You can use the crontab(1) command to maintain user crontab(5) files e.g.

crontab -u root -l

would list the entries in root's crontab. You would need to do this for each useron your system to get a complete list.

There will also be a /etc/crontab file that will contain system cron commands. The directories /etc/cron.* will contain additional commands too.

You'll probably find this documentation usefull at this point.

To run your command add an entry to a suitablBe user crontab like so

10 4 * * * /usr/bin/php -f /var/www/www.site.com/web/cron_tasks.hash/report.php

Which will run the command at 04:10 every day

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