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Author Topic: help formatting directory parameter for cron  (Read 964 times)
lukecd
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« on: August 12, 2007, 11:57:22 PM »
i'm trying to use cron (albeit in a hack sort of way) to execute a server command that i need to do only once. ideally i would telnet in, but need to figure out another way to make it work. the command i'm executing is below

xgettext --language=PHP /public_html/neht50/wp-content/themes/victoria/*.php

now that directory structure exists in my system but i get this back from cron

xgettext: error while opening "/public_html/neht50/wp-content/themes/victoria/*.php" for reading: No such file or directory

i'm guessing that the path i'm providing needs to be formatted some other way.

any ideas?
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MrPhil
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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2007, 08:09:53 AM »
Try

xgettext --language=PHP /home/account_name/public_html/neht50/wp-content/themes/victoria/*.php

Remember that cron will email to the given address any output to stdout and stderr. Also, if xgettext is not in one of the standard command directories you may need to give its full path.
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