I forgot to mention that webalizer runs fine when requested as a HTTP request
but falls flat on its face when requested as a cron job.

Something clearly is preventing a server invoked cron job from completing, if
you visited the site URL for /stats/ you get a web page with all the stats,
however, not via a cron job, you get an error.

So some help is really appreciated.

Cheers,
Mark.

--- In webalizer@yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <mark.giblin@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Before anyone jumps the gun an points me to the FAQ... it is easier to say the
hosting provider does not give access to the commandline of the server.
>
> So all the FAQ material on setting up webalizer as a cronjob is straight out
the window.
>
> What the host has provided is the ablity to set up a cron job via the extendcp
user pannel that allows by multiple choice the set up of jobs and using this I
set one up to run every hour to make webalizer run... But... the index.cgi
script that does the work fails at line 15, line 15 is simpley "die"
>
> I attempted to use the PHP http_get() but they do not have the PECL librays
installed on the server, I assume that this would have solved my problem as it
invokes a http request.
>
> The PHP script I wrote that scraped the history file works fine. The problem
is that the stats only get updated when I or the editor invoke an update in the
figures. I wanted this to be a cronjob but its just not happening.
>
> This is the part that its failing on:-
>
> if($cwd=~m#^(/home/(?:sites|cluster-sites/\d+)/[\w\.\-]+/)#) {
>
> and I guess that this where the problem is.
>
> Question is what do I need to change or add to get around this issue and
please note, Perl, I have never used it or scripted in it so I am at a complete
loss and the syntax aint exactly logical.
>
> The cronjob path is as follows:-
>
> /home/sites/tgnc.org.uk/public_html/stats/index.cgi
>
> and the email I get says:-
>
> Died at /home/sites/tgnc.org.uk/public_html/stats/index.cgi line 15.
>
> The web host do not provide software support but confirm that the cronjob is
running as expected, I agree with them also.
>
> Can anyone provide me with the changes or can anyone help me write a hard
coded version to get this running.
>
> Help is appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
>