I ran into some issues in the last week or so with getting my Planet-updating shell script invoked by CRON; it would run when I ran the script by hand, but it wouldn’t run when cPanel’s CRON spooler would try to invoke it. I was getting the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File… Continue reading Planet, Shell Scripts, and Binary Locations
Category: Shell Scripts
Little bitty shell scripts that I write that might be useful to someone.
Shell Script for PlanetPlanet CRON Job
Has Sam Ruby gotten you excited about PlanetPlanet, even though you don’t know Python from Perl? Got it running, but don’t have a clue how to get CRON up and running with a shell script? Yeah, that was me yesterday. Google provided some help, eventually, but I’ll break it down a little more for you:… Continue reading Shell Script for PlanetPlanet CRON Job
Stripping Unwanted Referrers from Refer Database
If you use Dean Allen‘s wonderful Refer PHP script to track incoming referrers as I do, you may come across some unwanted referrers that cannot be blocked from within refer.php. I was specifically having issues with a cached Google reference to an entry on GFMorris.com that, in a previous life, had a popup photo of… Continue reading Stripping Unwanted Referrers from Refer Database
WordPress Backup Shell Script
For those seeking to backup their WordPress installations on a nightly basis, I have decided to publish the following shell script. Below, any instance of a tilde [~] indicates /home/[username]/. Referencing to user root is key to this. You could change it to /home/[username]/ if you so chose. #!/bin/csh -f # Determine current date setenv… Continue reading WordPress Backup Shell Script