My bad... wget does require http or ftp protocol and a hostname that can be resolved by the server. -----Original Message----- From: CPT John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:47 PM To: Ryan Marks; jvilla@isdesigndev.com; php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: Need to Run a PHP script using CRON or ? From: "Ryan Marks" <ryan@bestdriverjobs.com> > Not necessarily. You can wget /path/to/file.php or my personal preference > is not to use wget, but php directly > /path/to/php/executable /path/to/file.php Are you sure about that? I thought wget had to go through HTTP? This didn't work for me, am I doing it wrong? $ ls cpanel3-skel mail public_html tmp cpanelbranding public_ftp test.php www $ wget test.php --16:42:22-- http://test.php/ => `index.html' Resolving test.php... failed: No address associated with hostname. ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php