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I went to the FAQ and found some great info on setting up the daily digest. I did however have some issues using the info I was provided here You see after working with another fellow it was finally figured out by him not I that this is the string that needs to be entered 30 2 * * * php -q -f /home/pathto/emailgeeklogstories Not 30 2 * * * /path/to/geeklog/emailgeeklogstories as given in the example. I am not sure if this is specific to a Cpanel interface or not but the Daily Digest is working now and it ROCKS, thank you.

Most Cpanel installations put php in /usr/bin/php. If you look in the emailgeeklogstories script, you'll notice that the shabang line(line1) tells the system to use /usr/local/bin/php which doesn't exist. To be sure you have the right /path/to/php (or path to php) you can try one these methods (unix only sorry).

• login via ssh and type "which php" to get the path.
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  jailshell-2.05a$ which php
  /usr/bin/php
  jailshell-2.05a$
   


• since some systems don't have the which command, you could try
  
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  find / -name php -printf '%AY%Ad%AH%AMt%pt%Acn' 2>/dev/null|sort
   
  Most likely, you will only see 2 entries(one bin and one lib).
  
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  jailshell-2.05a$ find / -name php -printf '%AY%Ad%AH%AMt%pt%Acn' 2>/dev/null|sort
  2003160150      /usr/bin/php    Tue Dec 16 01:50:54 2003
  2003160249      /usr/lib/php    Tue Dec 16 02:49:58 2003
  jailshell-2.05a$
   
  
  Choose the 'bin' entry for your path. If you have more than 2, the find statement above lists the php files in the order that they were last accessed. Most likely the most recently accessed bin/php is the one you're after.


• If all else fails, email your sysadmin for the /path/to/php

Once you get the correct path, change the shabang line to

Of course, my advice to you ScurvyDawg, is to leave yours alone if it works, but hopefully this will help someone else.

Also, if anyone knows any better ways to find the path to php, I'd love to hear.

cool, I did not know that was why the basic documentation did not work for me.

Thanks