How to run cron on Drupal 6 from shell script with correct paths
This is how you can run cron on Drupal 6 from a shell script and get out more of the cron run than via HTTP.
First make sure what you can run PHP via console by testing a simple PHP script.
You might not use the same php.ini as the webserver, create a echo phpinfo(); file and find out
Increase values:
max_execution_time = 5000
max_input_time = 5000
memory_limit = 1000M
post_max_size = 750M
upload_max_filesize = 750M
implicit_flush = On
display_errors = Off
html_errors = Off
register_argc_argv = On
Create a php file, basically a copy of cron.php and call it fullpathcron.php and place it in the drupal installation folder
Change permission by chmod 755 /var/www/mysite/fullpathcron.php
<?php
$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = '<a href="http://www.mysite.com';
">www.mysite.com';
</a> $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = '127.0.0.1';
$_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] = NULL;
$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';
$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] = '';
$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] = 'console';
include_once './includes/bootstrap.inc';
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
drupal_cron_run();
?>Create a shell script file in the drupal installation folder or somewhere else called cronRun.sh and add your call to the new fullpathcron.php file.
cd /var/www/mysite/
php fullpathcron.phpSet cron by crontab -e
*/5 * * * * /var/www/mysite/cronRun.sh
for cron every 5 minutes, Ctrl+O, Ctrl+X to save
Wait and check the db log
Tips and Tricks: PHP Shell Scripts: http://blog.digitalstruct.com/2007/04/24/tips-and-tricks-php-shell-scripts/