Help! Crontab makes me cry..

[JD]

I'm trying to install a smartthumbs cron and it's fagging out on me. Here's what I'm doing:

I SSH into my box

#crontab -e

* /2 * * * * /usr/bin/php -q
/var/www/sites/www.domain_censored.com/html/st/admin/cron.php -server 1 > /dev/null 2>&1

exit then I get an error:

crontab: installing new crontab
"/tmp/crontab.D4YlWe/crontab":0: bad hour
errors in crontab file, can't install.
Do you want to retry the same edit?

anybody know wtf is going on?

OS = Debian if that means anything to anyone lol

[MyNameIsNobody]

sorry, I'm just here for the sig spot..

[JD]

sorry, I'm just here for the sig spot..

hurry up and get banned

[baddog]

DirectAdmin makes it so easy

[JD]

DirectAdmin makes it so easy

HEY! That's fan fucking tastic! Too bad it has nothing to do with my question.

[flashbang]

*/2

not /2

and you have one too many *

or maybe you meant */2 * * * *

[kuthi123]

you missed * it should be like */2 for every other hour

[JD]

I just tried

*/2 * * * /usr/bin/php -q /var/www/sites/www.domain_censored.com/html/st/admin/cron.php -server 1 > /dev/null 2>&1

and it's saying bad day of week

am i just fucking retarded?

[baddog]

maybe this will help

You can specifiy exact times using commas to separate them. eg: 1,2,3 (minutes 1,2 and 3)
You can specify spans using a dash. eg: 5-7 (minutes 5 to 7)
You can specify intervals using a star and a forward slash. eg: */2 (every 2nd minute)
You can combine them to create a more precise schedule. eg: 1,5,11-15,30-59/2 (minutes 1, 5, 11 to 15 and every 2nd minute between 30 and 59)
Note that there are no spaces

[Tempest]

Are you missing a >?

try:

* */2 * * * /usr/bin/php -q /var/www/sites/www.domain_censored.com/html/st/admin/cron.php -server 1>>/dev/null 2>&1

and maybe your OS needs it slightly different like

* 0-23/2 * * * /usr/bin/php -q /var/www/sites/www.domain_censored.com/html/st/admin/cron.php -server 1>>/dev/null 2>&1

How often did you want it to execute?

[gooddomains]

crontab is a bitch

[JD]

turns out I had the fucking syntax right after post #8.......fucking putty not being full screen had broken the lines into their own instead of keeping the shit on 1 line like I had typed it

thanks for all your help guys much appreciated

[studiocritic]

grab securecrt.. putty sucks

[PussyTeenies]

spermy

#st pussyteenies
*/2 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php -q /usr/local/apache/htdocs/pussyteenies.com/st/admin/cron.php -server 1 > /dev/null 2>&1
* * * * * /usr/bin/nice /usr/local/bin/php -q /usr/local/apache/htdocs/pussyteenies.com/st/admin/autocrop.php > /dev/null 2>&1
* * * * * /usr/bin/nice /usr/local/bin/php -q /usr/local/apache/htdocs/pussyteenies.com/st/admin/check.php > /dev/null 2>&1

[Godsmack]

thanks Bill

[CIVMatt]

sorry, I'm just here for the sig spot..

lol that made me laugh (and cry a little )

[themanager]

what a painful bite.

[marketsmart]

don't mind me, i'm just browsing...

[Basic_man]

Glad it's working now. If you have any template problem with ST, you can hit me up on ICQ (34916475). You can let me do all the template works for a little

[Godsmack]

Glad it's working now. If you have any template problem with ST, you can hit me up on ICQ (34916475). You can let me do all the template works for a little

Look under Tools/template maker

We added a template maker tool a long time ago :-) and it works :-)