Tools - Cron Jobs ? What is this?

[Patti]

I was having a problem with my cgi script earlier and (almost) have it working. In exploring my c panel I came across Tool-Cron Jobs and theres a line that reads; Hint: to run CGI files, enter the command as follows (modify to fit your needs):
GET http://yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/path_to_file/file.cgi > /dev/null

Do I need to do anything (what) with this?
Thanks again for any help

[Ron]

Are you planning on running you script as a cron job? A cron job is a job that is scheduled to run on a schedule. LOL Nice line, Ron.
Cron is a scheduling system that will allow you to run jobs at set times or intervals.

If you ARE planning on using cron, you should use the syntax as you've copied it above. If not, you don't need to worry about it. The line is just running the script in a "cron-friendly" manner that directs the text output from the script into never-never land instead of your error log, or worse, probably an error email to you, or some such.

Good Luck.

[Patti]

Thank you very much. That answered my question... :-)