Cron Job execute curl only if file has been modified

nrcjea001

• November 20, 2018 07:27

Hi I need to execute a command in cron job, but only if a file has been touched. Currently, my cron command is: curl "..." where "..." is my target link. I am new to this but I did manage to find something online. Hoping that someone with experience can confirm that the command below is correct: [PHP]usr/local/bin/php [/tmp/.lastupdate -nt /my_dir_name/my_filename ] || (curl "https://...index.php?controller..." ; touch /tmp/.lastupdate)[/PHP] Thank You.

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  nrcjea001

  • November 21, 2018 04:54

  Figured it out: [ /tmp/lastupdate -nt /my_dir_name/my_filename ] || (curl "https://...index.php?controller..." ; touch /tmp/lastupdate)
  

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  cPanelMichael

  • November 21, 2018 15:17

  Hi @nrcjea001, I'm glad to see you were able to find a cron job command that worked for what you needed. Thanks for sharing the outcome!

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