Hi , well i am totally new to this and I need help. I am running virtualmin just bought ( oct-21-2009 ) so i guess it is the newest update if that matters.
My problem.I am trying to understand how to get a cron command to work. i have the command that works in my web browser but when i put it into virtualmin or i should say the webmin tab on virtualmin, to create a cron job.. I get lost..
I am trying to get ffmpeg player to work with "jomsocal" for joomla 1.5 and jomsocal needs to have a cronjob run to convert the videos.. so that is why i want to use a cron job
ffmpeg is installed in /usr/bin
it works from the web command i have..
so what i do it the following:
Create a new scheduled cron job ( I make sure it is the root user) i guess root will run everything.
Job is ACTIVE..
Command ( I do not know what to put here)
Input to command ( I do not know what to put here)
but here is the command that I use to put into my web browser url and it works..
http://mydomain.com/rob/?option=com_community&task=cron
can anyone tell me what the coron command would be that i need to use and where to put it PLEASE:)
sorry i am so new at this and i just do not understand.
thank you and thank you for your time..
Yeah, some of those parameters are confusing.
I would ignore "Input to command" -- that's only needed if the command otherwise asks for user input after it's launched.
I would put your command and all of it's parameters in the "Command" column above.
Now, what you're putting into your browser isn't a command, it's a URL.
So it sounds like you're asking, "how can I call a URL from within cron".
To do that, you can use a command such as this:
/usr/bin/wget -q -O /dev/null http://mydomain.com/rob/?option=com_community&task=cron-Eric
hi Eric.. well got it working. thank you again for your time.