In the docs I see the following reference to setting up a cron job and was wondering what the "-p cron -t" options actually do or mean?
Can't seem to find anything when searching or googling about them.
0 * * * * usr/local/php5/bin/php /home/your_username/public_html/index.php -p cron -t hourly
Those are custom parameters specific to Osclass, to inform it that a Cron is running.
PS: On Osclass Enterprise, the default internal Cron should function properly, so there's no need for an external one.
Those are custom parameters specific to Osclass, to inform it that a Cron is running.
PS: On Osclass Enterprise, the default internal Cron should function properly, so there's no need for an external one.
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Thanks for the reply. What does -p and -t stand for though. Would like to know for my own knowledge?
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Also curious why the minutely cron won't work with 3.8.1 or Enterprise Edition? Even the default cron only shows hourly, week, and monthly.
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@nootkan -p stands for Page, the page that triggers the Cron, and -t stands for Type, the type of Cron that is getting triggered (Hourly, Daily, Weekly).
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Osclass was built to handle thousands of users and tens of thousands of listings, and with Cron being a resource intensive task (depending on its actions), running a minutely Cron would cause some servers (especially shared ones) to crash. Besides the high traffic a popular site would have, imagine hundreds of tasks being run every minute.
So I'm guessing that's why the original Osclass developer built-in only 3 types of Cron (Hourly, Daily, Weekly).
This is also the reason I didn't pursue to add other intervals. Better safe than sorry.
Okay thanks for the clarification. I agree about the traffic concerns which is why I wasn't too concerned with the minutely cron, just curious.