[CentOS] Cron Job?

Wed May 27 20:39:16 UTC 2009
Zack Colgan <security-watch-zack at clearbearing.com>

Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> How does one create a cron job that runs commands like:
> 
> /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=xxx.com -update
> /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=yyy.com -update
> 
> Say every 15 mins?
> 
> -Jason

You could create a file in /etc/cron.d, say /etc/cron.d/awstats, with
the following contents:

*/15 * * * * root /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
-config=xxx.com -update
*/15 * * * * root /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
-config=yyy.com -update

-Zack