You can also create a lc script and call it with curl such as curl http://myserver/mycron.lc
This way, you don't need to know the path to the engine. On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Mark Schonewille <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > A cron job needs a correct terminal command. If you can type it in your > terminal (e.g. over ssh) and don't need to enter a password and other > additional information then you can also use it as a cron job. I wonder if it > would work if you start your script with > > #!/path/to/lc/server > <?lc put "Hello World" ?> > > A cgi script should include a path too: > > #!/path/to/cgi/engine > put "hello world" > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Become our partner in sales http://qery.us/1bq Start selling Color Converter > today. 20% commission! > > On 16 jan 2012, at 05:42, Phil Davis wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> Have you succeeded in using a .lc script as the thing to be run in a cron >> job on the on-rev server? I tried it but am apparently not holding my mouth >> right. I get a syntax error on line 1: the "<?lc " tag. I tried using .lc >> and .cgi as the file extension with equal non-success. >> >> I even reverted to trying to run a .cgi script with Rev 3.5 as the engine >> and no joy there either. >> >> Thanks for any wisdom you may share on the subject. >> >> -- >> Phil Davis > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- http://www.andregarzia.com -- All We Do Is Code. http://fon.nu -- minimalist url shortening service. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
