Cron not firing using URL copied from site
By Andrew Nicholls on Monday, 30 August 2021
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G'day Guys (and Girls),

I seem to be have issues with my cron jobs. I have setup a cron to collect rss from various sites. The cron I entered on my server was:
https://andacod.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog

however, I get this response from my cron report:

/bin/sh: https://andacod.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog: No such file or directory

Could you provide any insight what I am missing?

Cheers,

Andrew
Fixed!

With a bit of playing around, siteground's settings are:

wget -O https://site.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&cron=1
Andrew Nicholls
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Friday, 03 September 2021 14:04
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Can you try to change to the following cron command and see how it goes?



/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "https://andacod.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&cron=1"
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 30 August 2021 16:20
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Hey Arlex,

Thanks for the new url. I have plugged it into the cron manager and I'll see what happens.

FYI, my cron manager is pretty simple. See screen shot.
Andrew Nicholls
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Monday, 30 August 2021 16:28
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You're welcome, is it from Siteground hosting?

May I know is it possible to set execute the cronjob for every 5 ~ 10 minutes?
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 30 August 2021 16:49
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Hey Arlex,

Yes it is! Cron reset for every 5 mins.

cheers.
Andrew Nicholls
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Monday, 30 August 2021 16:55
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Hey Arlex,

Still getting same message.

Cheers,
Andrew
Andrew Nicholls
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Monday, 30 August 2021 17:07
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/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "https://andacod.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&cron=1"


Even you updated to use the above cron command also hit the same error?

If yes, I think you need to contact the SiteGround hosting provider and see what is the correct command that we can use?

Also, can you ask SiteGround hosting and see whether can supports wget?
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 30 August 2021 18:06
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Glad to hear that your issue has been resolved now.

Just for your information, I have locked and marked this thread as resolved to avoid confusion in the future. Please start a new thread if you have any other issues in the future so it will be easier for us to manage your inquiries.

Thanks for understanding.
Arlex Wong
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Friday, 03 September 2021 14:22
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