Help! Crontab makes me cry..
 

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:



anybody know wtf is going on?

OS = Debian if that means anything to anyone lol

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

hurry up and get banned

DirectAdmin makes it so easy

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

*/2

not /2

and you have one too many *

or maybe you meant */2 * * * *

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

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?

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

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?

crontab is a bitch

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 :mad:

thanks for all your help guys :) much appreciated

grab securecrt.. putty sucks

spermy

thanks Bill

lol that made me laugh (and cry a little )

what a painful bite.

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

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 :-)