Alternative way to run cron? : dailymail, signup and bounce

[davido]

I could not get wget command to run at all, but found that lynx works fine for dailymail, signup and bounce, as follows:

1. Daily mail cron job:
lynx > -O /dev/null -dump http://domainnnn.com/listmail/dailymail.php?pw=mYpAssWord 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null

2. In signup-list1.cgi
$http_program = "lynx -dump " . $listmail_url . "/signup.php";

3. In bounce.cgi
$http_program = "lynx /dev/null -dump " . $listmail_url . "/bounce.php";

Two points:

A) Are there likely to be any problems with operating Listmail as above ?
B) I hope the above assists other Listmail users having problems with wget.

:shock:  Davido

[DW]

Davido,

There should be no problem with running your cron task as you are as long as lynx properly closes its process.

This is a good example of an alternative to wget.  You might also have success with curl or fetch, as noted in this post.

Regards!

[davido]

Thanks for your feedback Dean.
 
What kinds of things may occur if lynx does not properly close its processes?

Regards

Davido

[DW]

I am not sure.  If the processes never "die" then I would guess that a server limit on running processes might be reached.  The best thing you can do, if you can, is run the command from the command-line (SSH) and see if you are automatically returned to the command line after running lynx.  If you are, then the process has completed and should not remain open with the command-line you are using.

Regards

[davido]

Thanks again Dean. I can also discuss this with my web host and get his input.

In the meantime, I've also been able to get Listmail to run using wget

Thanks for your great support and followup - it's great to see in a software provider.

Regards

Davido