On 9/28/06, dave at usalug.org <dave at usalug.org> wrote: > I thought to use php and cron you needed to use wget/curl/apache ..... > > something like > > 0 4 * * 1,2,3,4,5 wget http://www.myurl.com/nightlybackup.php Nope, like most interpreters out there you can #!/usr/bin/php4 at the start of your script or just /usr/bin/php4 <script.php>