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marketsmart · 04-25-2006, 07:44 PM

this is what i want to do: use WGET to pull a url of text every 10 minutes and write it to a file. I know how to do this part. what i dont know how to do is get it to continue to write to the file without it overwritting the original file.

example:

the first wget of the url would write this to a text file:

test one
test two

the 2nd wget of the url would add this to the first file

test three
test four
etc..

so after the 2nd wget the file would look like this:
test one
test two
test three
test four
etc..

does anyone here know how to do this?

thanks....

studiocritic · 04-25-2006, 07:48 PM

lynx -dump -nolinks "http://theurl" >> filetoappend

marketsmart · 04-25-2006, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by studiocritic

lynx -dump -nolinks "http://theurl" >> filetoappend

0,10,20 * * * * /usr/bin/wget lynx -dump -nolinks "http://theurl" /usr/local/apache2/file_name

is that correct?

studiocritic · 04-25-2006, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marketsmart

0,10,20 * * * * /usr/bin/wget lynx -dump -nolinks "http://theurl" /usr/local/apache2/file_name

is that correct?

yes, if you don't want it to work.

i even bolded the important part.

you thought bold meant ignore?

marketsmart · 04-25-2006, 08:03 PM

huh? i dont see a bolded part????

studiocritic · 04-25-2006, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marketsmart

huh? i dont see a bolded part????

then copy and paste my example, and change only the url and the filename.

marketsmart · 04-25-2006, 08:16 PM

ok i see.. but how do i set it up to pull that link every 10 minutes?

marketsmart · 04-25-2006, 08:45 PM

bump for help...

BigBen · 04-25-2006, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marketsmart

ok i see.. but how do i set it up to pull that link every 10 minutes?

Set a cron...

0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /command/to/run

marketsmart · 04-26-2006, 10:42 AM

0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * lynx -dump -nolinks "http://theurl" /usr/local/apache2/file_name

is this correct?

04-25-2006, 07:44 PM	#1
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	WGET Help PLEASE this is what i want to do: use WGET to pull a url of text every 10 minutes and write it to a file. I know how to do this part. what i dont know how to do is get it to continue to write to the file without it overwritting the original file. example: the first wget of the url would write this to a text file: test one test two the 2nd wget of the url would add this to the first file test three test four etc.. so after the 2nd wget the file would look like this: test one test two test three test four etc.. does anyone here know how to do this? thanks....

04-25-2006, 07:48 PM	#2
studiocritic Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 2,442	lynx -dump -nolinks "http://theurl" >> filetoappend __________________ 254342256

04-25-2006, 08:03 PM	#5
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	huh? i dont see a bolded part????

04-25-2006, 08:16 PM	#7
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	ok i see.. but how do i set it up to pull that link every 10 minutes?

04-25-2006, 08:45 PM	#8
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	bump for help...

04-26-2006, 10:42 AM	#10
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * lynx -dump -nolinks "http://theurl" /usr/local/apache2/file_name is this correct?