Comments on: Drupal pet peeve: cron.php http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/ just a lowly edtech geek, mumble mumble university of calgary Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:41:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Justin - website design http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-183469 Justin - website design Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:04:35 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-183469 cron.php can be tricky, so has everything been resolved as of yet? cron.php can be tricky, so has everything been resolved as of yet?

]]> By: Raj http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-88150 Raj Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:23:35 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-88150 I'm finding the same thing - especially with the RSS reader, never pulling in new content. I’m finding the same thing – especially with the RSS reader, never pulling in new content.

]]> By: Sami http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86954 Sami Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:22:53 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86954 BTW, that's works with Drupal 4.7, probably needs some changes for 5.0, let me know if it doesn't and I'll work out a 5.0 version. BTW, that’s works with Drupal 4.7, probably needs some changes for 5.0, let me know if it doesn’t and I’ll work out a 5.0 version.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86930 dnorman Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:19:52 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86930 Sami, thanks for the script. I'll give it a shot. I've been using a shell script that crawls the sites directory and calls cron.php on all sites configured (relying on the $base_url variable being set in the file). It works pretty well, but I get no feedback if a site borks for some reason. Still have no idea why the site stopped cronning. The call to the multicron.php script was in the crontab, and other sites are being updated just fine... I'll try to do some more in-depth forensics... Sami, thanks for the script. I’ll give it a shot. I’ve been using a shell script that crawls the sites directory and calls cron.php on all sites configured (relying on the $base_url variable being set in the file). It works pretty well, but I get no feedback if a site borks for some reason. Still have no idea why the site stopped cronning. The call to the multicron.php script was in the crontab, and other sites are being updated just fine… I’ll try to do some more in-depth forensics…

]]> By: Sami http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86919 Sami Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:27:41 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86919 In addition to that script, I realize you have something similar, there should be a way to log it and report on indiscrepencies ? How did it fail anyway? In addition to that script, I realize you have something similar, there should be a way to log it and report on indiscrepencies ? How did it fail anyway?

]]> By: Sami http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86916 Sami Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:22:55 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86916 Here's an example of a masscron.php file. You need a table that has the sites, created, and populated field... See the code for what I mean. You probably should add a timeout statement as as well. It even uses APC to save the results so it doesn't have to fetch them from the db after the first time. http://www.etopian.com/masscron.phps Sami Here’s an example of a masscron.php file. You need a table that has the sites, created, and populated field… See the code for what I mean. You probably should add a timeout statement as as well. It even uses APC to save the results so it doesn’t have to fetch them from the db after the first time.

http://www.etopian.com/masscron.phps

Sami

]]> By: Lisa http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86087 Lisa Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:37:19 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-86087 Is it any consolation to know this also happens sometimes with Moodle? Is it any consolation to know this also happens sometimes with Moodle?

]]> By: Jason http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-85753 Jason Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:54:44 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-85753 I had a similar problem to this a few months back. It turned out sendmail was in a hung state on RedHat, which I had the unfortunate pleasure to find out after a reboot for a kernel update. I tracked it down since then I noticed the exact same issue on the server next to it. I use wget in crontab to run cron.php and only ever had a problem on one site caused by a particular module; but there are definitely issues with cron.php I would love to see fixed, particularly cleaning up it's mess if it happens to error out mid run. I had a similar problem to this a few months back. It turned out sendmail was in a hung state on RedHat, which I had the unfortunate pleasure to find out after a reboot for a kernel update. I tracked it down since then I noticed the exact same issue on the server next to it. I use wget in crontab to run cron.php and only ever had a problem on one site caused by a particular module; but there are definitely issues with cron.php I would love to see fixed, particularly cleaning up it’s mess if it happens to error out mid run.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-85697 dnorman Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:13:02 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-85697 I'd take that as a shot at Drupal, but if you're only using WordPress, you're not really doing much heavy lifting... ;-) I’d take that as a shot at Drupal, but if you’re only using WordPress, you’re not really doing much heavy lifting… ;-)

]]> By: Jim http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-85695 Jim Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:12:07 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/06/22/drupal-pet-peeve-cronphp/#comment-85695 What does cron mean? I don't remember ever having to deal with such a scripting call. Oh, wait, I use Wordpress for all my heavy lifting, never mind. What does cron mean? I don’t remember ever having to deal with such a scripting call. Oh, wait, I use Wordpress for all my heavy lifting, never mind.

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