cron and lynx -dump *.php not working

[jamie]

hi

i have a simple php file which sends me a test mail

from the command line this works perfectly:

lynx -dump [mydomain.com...]

however when i add it to cron, to send me a mail every 5 minutes, or even at a specific time

53 * * * * lynx -dump [mydomain.com...]
*/5 * * * * lynx -dump [mydomain.com...]

i never receive a mail. so they are not working?

i am sure it is something simple.

thanks for help

[bakedjake]

May be a path issue - put the full path to lynx in the cron job and see if that helps.

[jamie]

hi bakedjake,

i tried but to no avail... :-(

cron is working normally otherwise, i run several tasks from it, it is just lynx which is not working.

cheers

[bakedjake]

Set your crontab up to send an email when it runs:

MAILTO="[e-mail]"

... and see if it's generating any output.