Re: [cobalt-users] Crontab

[Kris Dahl <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 1/18/00 12:31 PM, Dan at dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I guess this may not entirely apply to RAQ, but, I was looking for a little
> crontab help. I need to set up a crontab that each morning will hit the web
> page of site *not* on my server. Unfortunately I don't have Telnet access to
> that server, and until I get the hours needed to reconfigure all the
> numerous CGI scripts there, it won't be on my RAQ. But, it has a script that
> parses an email database each day, when accessed.
> 
> 15 6 * * *   What goes here to "reach out" and touch another web site?

i use a utility called 'cURL'. It is a command line interface to http, ftp,
gopher, https, etc.  Works fantasticlly.  Search for it on freshmeat.net.

You can also use a php call (look in http functions on the PHP site).

-k