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PHP Commands
Run a PHP5 cron job:
php /home/username/public_html/cron.php
Optional flags are sometimes required for a PHP cron job:
php -q /home/username/public_html/cron.php
Run a PHP4 cron job:
/usr/local/php4/bin/php /home/strong>username/public_html/cron.php
Use a specific php.ini file:
php -c /home/username/public_html/php.ini /home/username/public_html/myscript.php
To GET a remote file:
/usr/bin/GET http://www.example.com/file.php
Perl
Run a CGI cron job:
perl /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/file.pl
SSH
Run a code script cron job:
/bin/sh /home/username/public_html/file.sh
MySQL Commands
Note: It is a sensible practice, do not type your security password out in the following instructions but simply use the -p flag and have the program prompt you for the security password. This is the way your security password remains protected and is never on the server as simply written text.
To import a database:
mysql -u mysql_user -ppassword database_name < backup.sql
To export a database:
mysqldump -u mysql_user -ppassword database_name > backup.sql
Custom Installations without Easy Apache 3 (VPS/Dedicated)
PHP
To run for a PHP5 cron job:
/usr/local/php5/bin/php5 /home/username/public_html/cron.php
To run for a PHP4 cron job:
/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php