[nzlug] cron job

[Matt Brown]

anru chen wrote:
> hi :
> 
> i have entry in crontab file like below,
> 
> 40 01 * * * php $SITEDIR/addstockall.php start
> 
> so above command should run at 1:40 am , right?

Yes

> but some time, the cron job will run at a laster time, like 9 or 10 am.

Check your syslog is the command actually being triggered by cron?

Are you sure the page isn't also accessible to anyone browsing your site
and is being randomly triggered by Googlebot or some other robot?


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Matt Brown
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