Now to be honest I have never touched this is my life. I found the information about setting up a cronjob and now I need to setup a .pl script. Basically the this script would need to update the credits field in a table every 15 minutes based on the end users account field.
If someone could point me in the right direction as to where I might find something like this or how to write it, that would be much appreciated! Thanks!
MM
as for the perl-script itself, you basically copy it to the server into the cgi-bin, make sure you used unix-linebreaks and chmod it to 755.
but you don't necessarily need a perl-script for a cronjob, you can also use a php-script and call it using lynx or wget. that'll invoke the script and you can do your updates.
Many hosts have a control that makes setting up cronjobs very simple.
unix-linebreaks and chmod it to 755.
755 is for a CGI script. For a script run by a cronjob 700 (or lower) is advisable. It should also not be put in the public cgi-bin if possible. It should be in a folder that is not web accessible, above the root if at all possible. If that is not possible the cgi-bin should be the last resort but don't chmod to 755 unless the script will not run with lower permissions.
perl_diver, LOL wasnt asking about cronjobs. Re-read my post (second paragraph) ;)
perl_diver, LOL wasnt asking about cronjobs. Re-read my post (second paragraph) ;)
oops.... my bad. Thanks for having a sense of humor. :)
