Re: [cobalt-users] Running lynx from cron to run php script

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>> I want to use cron to run a script like the following.
>> 
>> 01,15,30,45 * * * * root TERM=xterm; export TERM;
>> /usr/bin/lynx -dump
> http://files.fmmetrocog.org/weather/weather.php > /dev/null 2>&1
> 
> 
> The other option would be, if you only need the forecast for 58104, to
> use http://www.arvidbux.nl/comments.php?id=P89_0_1_0 and grab
> http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/NDZ039.php?warncounty=NDC017&city
> =Fargo
> You then can include the .inc file in a .shtml or .php include in
> another page.
> 
> In my cron, I call it as:
> /usr/bin/wget http://www.sample.com/file.php > /dev/null 2>&1
> 
> I set up shell access just long enough to log in and set up a crontab
> for the user. (I simply upload a .txt file and then while I'm SSH'd in
> as that user I run crontab file.txt. Then the file gets included from
> www.sample.com/users/username/file.inc which is where it gets dumped by
> the script when it runs.
> 
> Or, you could also just install Hamweather and not have to leach the
> forecast from another site.

I am leaching from my own site running hamweather!  I just need the output a
little different.  I have edited the hamweather software already to fit my
needs but I still need to parse it with php.