Cron Tasks
I'm building an auction site which needs scripts automatically launched to scan the closing auctions. I'll use Linux's crontab.
I'd prefer to avoid installing Php as a cgi and prefer to keep my apache module config.
I'd also prefer to avoid the use of a browser as lynx to do this job because I fear the time-out How I can launch my scripts?
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