Simple Script for CronJob

sticky · 29th July 2003, 11:54 AM

I need to move the daily access log on my hosting account to a new folder in order to keep them all past 14 days. I will be setting this up as a simple CronJob that will execute at 11.59pm each day.

Code:

59 23 * * * /var/www/html/dailylog/backuplog.php

I have tested the rename section and it works ok, but I don't have access to the log directory from my browser to check the copy file code, I'm getting a permission denied error, presumably this won't happen when it's up and running on the server.

Code:

<?

$logname = "access_log.2.gz"; // daily log file
$Fromdir = "/var/log/httpd/"; // copy from
$ToDir = "/var/www/html/stickylog/"; // copy to
$date = date("d-m-y"); // set date format

copy($Fromdir,$ToDir);

rename($logname, $date . ".gz");

?>

My knowledge of PHP (and CronJobs etc.) is not that great so I just wanted a second pair of eyes to go over it before I things in motion

Cheers!

UH-Matt · 29th July 2003, 11:56 AM

To test it try the following paths:

Code:

$Fromdir = "/home/virtual/domain.com/var/log/httpd/"; // copy from
$ToDir = ""/home/virtual/domain.com/var/www/html/stickylog/"; // copy to

replace domain.com with your domain.

YoYo · 29th July 2003, 02:36 PM

Where does this go in your code?

I thought Matt or Simon had to setup cron jobs. I'm guessing they did set this up for you?

59 23 * * * /var/www/html/dailylog/backuplog.php

sticky · 29th July 2003, 02:49 PM

Thanks for that Matt, although it was my coding fault, I needed to add the actual filenames on the end as below.

Quote:

<?

$logname = "access_log.2.gz"; // daily log file
$Fromdir = "/home/virtual/mydomain.org/var/log/httpd/access_log.2.gz"; // copy from
$ToDir = "/home/virtual/mydomain.org/var/www/html/dailylog/access_log.2.gz"; // copy to
$date = date("d-m-y"); // set date format

copy($Fromdir,$ToDir);

rename($logname, $date . ".gz");

echo "Done"

?>

Quote:

I thought Matt or Simon had to setup cron jobs. I'm guessing they did set this up for you?

They do, I'm just about to submit a ticket

It's not setup yet, just wanted to get the script working which it does perfectly now