[cobalt-users] RaQ4i: Running ASP via CRONTAB

["Richard Abrams" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I would like to perform an automated mySQL database update on a RaQ4i.
Ideally this would be a Perl script, however the RaQ in question isn't one
of ours and lacks the requisite modules to connect. Therefore I would like
to write the job in ASP (simple enough) and schedule it to run daily using
CRONTAB. There are 2 methods described in the archives; using wget directly
in the schedule
(http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2001-May/044936.html) or
writing a short perl script to create a user agent
(http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2002-May/070158.html).

Any comments on a preferable method or a better way around (i.e. I _believe_
you can run PHP scripts directly from CRON by making them executable).

Many TIA.

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