Re: [PHP-DB] Automated Processes From: Joe Lloyd (joe <email protected>)
Date: 11/21/00

Try lynx --dump http://www.whatever.com/script.php

Works for me.

Jamie Alessio wrote:
>
> > How about making a php script that does 'the thing' (checking, mailing)
> > without generating output and then using the following:
> >
> > lynx http://yourserver/the/special/script.php
> >
> > >From cron. Best of both worlds :)
> >
> I admit to not knowing much about lynx but how does this process stop? In my experience
> (and brief test a moment ago) if you call lynx and point it to a page with no output it
> loads a blank page and then just sits there like any other browser. Yes, the script was
> executed and the desired result was achieved but if I run this from a cron job won't I
> have a bunch of old lynx jobs hanging around? I'm guessing there is a way to configure
> lynx to quit after loading a page or something like that but I'm in the dark on that.
> Thanks for the info.
>
> - Jamie
>
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