Script automation

[chrish]

Hi

I am running the SugarCRM on a box which does not support CRON or any other derivative as far as I can tell? I am trying to set up a scheduler event using the scheduler it comes with, I need to know which scripts do things like get the mail or send the outbound campaign emails? Could someone please let me know which scripts I should call?

Just for information this is running on an IBM i5 running in the PASE environment so I will be using the QP2SHELL command to invoke the scripts hopefully?

Chris...

[HolmesA]

An alternative approach can be invoking cron.php through web instead of using the local cron service. Can you setup cron or scheduler on a different machine and have it accessing http://domain..../cron.php on the IBM i5?

[labanjohnson]

An alternative approach can be invoking cron.php through web instead of using the local cron service. Can you setup cron or scheduler on a different machine and have it accessing http://domain..../cron.php on the IBM i5?

Short answer, most definitely. In PHP this is typically handled using either fopen() or cURL, which is my personal favorite. You can just set up a scheduler that opens the url of the cron.php on the other domain.

[chrish]

An alternative approach can be invoking cron.php through web instead of using the local cron service. Can you setup cron or scheduler on a different machine and have it accessing http://domain..../cron.php on the IBM i5?

OK so all I need to do is call cron.php from my scheduler as often as I want to? This should be easy to implement..

Chris

[HolmesA]

Yes, it is as simple as it is.