CRON JOB

[raji20]

I want to make the script to run automatically everyday that checks for the new emails, if any new mails are there, it need to forward to the specified address. I need this to be done via CRON JOB, how to do this, any help will be greatly appreciable.

[xsist10]

Firstly you'll need a script that checks the POP server for new mail and sends it to the new email address:
Documentation: [url=http://www.php.net/imap]http://www.php.net/imap[/url]

This is just some example code for imap:
[code]
<?php

// This gets the first email in the mailbox
$mailbox = imap_open("{localhost/pop3:110}INBOX", "#username#","#password#");
$check = imap_check($mailbox);
$new_messages = ($check->Recent ? true : false);

$index=1;

$header = imap_header($mailbox, $index);
print("<PRE>");
print("Header Date : " . $header->Date . "<BR>");
print("Header To : " . $header->to) . "<BR>";
print("Header From : " . $header->From . "<BR>");
print("Header cc : " . $header->cc . "<BR>");
print("Header ReplyTo : " . $header->ReplyTo . "<BR>");
print("Header Subject : " . $header->Subject . "<BR></PRE>");

print("<PRE>");
print(imap_body($mailbox,$index));
print("</PRE><HR>");

imap_close($mailbox);

?>
[/code]

Then add this line to your cronjob:
0  12  *  10  1-7 /user/bin/php -f /location/of/scripts/to/execute.php

[url=http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm]http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm[/url]

[raji20]

First Thanks a lot for your assistance,


when i try to excute this comand from the linux server,

0    12    *    10    1-7  /usr/local/lib/php -f /www/htdocs/phpdocs/test/cron.php

it pops up the error saying

-bash: 0: command not found

Is it correct what i have done or please guide me how to add this line to CRONJOB, Im very new to this topic.

[xsist10]

Sorry.. my bad for not being clear.

You need to add this entry:
[code]
0    12    *    10    1-7  /usr/local/lib/php -f /www/htdocs/phpdocs/test/cron.php
[/code]

into /etc/crontab

[raji20]

thanks again for your assistance, when i tried this following command from the linux server

[root@place etc]# crontab 0    12    *    10    1-7  /usr/local/lib/php -f /www/htdocs/phpdocs/test/cron.php

it shows me error saying

crontab: invalid option -- f
crontab: usage error: unrecognized option

Can you please tell me about what i have did is correct or not, if it is wrong what i need to do, if it is correct how to correct this error.

[xsist10]

[quote author=raji20 link=topic=112636.msg457272#msg457272 date=1161769833]
[root@place etc]# crontab 0    12    *    10    1-7  /usr/local/lib/php -f /www/htdocs/phpdocs/test/cron.php
[/quote]

What you need to do is [u]edit[/u] /etc/crontab
/etc/crontab is a text file which has a collection of commands in it to execute at specific times.

So open /etc/crontab up with a text editor like so:
[code]
vi /etc/crontab
[/code]

And then add this to the bottom of the file
[code]
0    12    *    10    1-7  /usr/local/lib/php -f /www/htdocs/phpdocs/test/cron.php
[/code]