Running cron entries...from cron?

[jimr451]

Hi all,

I'm setting up a private, probably low traffic board. I want to make sure the scheduled tasks run normally, to send out daily/ weekly digests, reminders, etc.

My concern is that relying on the built-in cron method, which requires traffic on a regular basis, isn't going to cut it.

I'd also like to avoid setting up a cron to "hit" the actual page (using wget, curl, etc) a few times per hour, since that will generate fake hits, that the customer might mis-interpret as real traffic.

So....can I run the cron.php, or some other process from cron every hour, just to make sure the tasks run?

Thanks,

-Jim

[Steve Machol]

The vB Scheduled Task system relies on someone accessing the forums to trigger these tasks. Doing what you want would require setting up cron jobs on the server.

[jimr451]

Yes, I realize that's what it *would* require. I guess my question is *can* I do it safely, and are there any examples entries?

For instance, can I run "cron.php" from cron, - will it work or is that asking for trouble?


Thanks,

-Jim

[Steve Machol]

Honestly I don't know if simply running cron.php is enough. This gets into programming questions which I can't answer.