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#13849 Cron Backup generating syntax errors

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Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 15 October 2012 03:28 CDT

user50182
Mandatory information about my setup:

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Joomla! version: (1.5.26)
PHP version: (5.2.17 )
MySQL version: (5.0.96)
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Akeeba Backup version: (Akeeba Backup Professional 3.4.3)

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Description of my issue:
hi

I have setup a cron command using Cpanel:
/home/mydomain/public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/altbackup.php

when it is time for the backup to run i get the following errors:
/home/mydomain/public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/altbackup.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory
/home/mydomain/public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/altbackup.php: line 2: /GSLog.inc: Permission denied
/home/mydomain/public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/altbackup.php: line 3: access-logs: command not found
/home/mydomain/public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/altbackup.php: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/home/mydomain/public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/altbackup.php: line 4: ` * @copyright Copyright (c)2009-2012 Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos'


When I run the backup from the backend it works perfectly fine.

Please assist.

dont know where to find the log files.....

With Thanks

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You have forgotten something very important at the beginning of your CRON command line: the PHP command! Your command line should be something like:
/usr/bin/php5-cli /home/mydomain/public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/altbackup.php
Please ask your host to tell you if it should be /usr/bin/php5-cli or something else. What you need, in case the host asks you, is the path to the PHP CLI binary.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user50182
Thanks for the speediest reply i ever got on a forum.

I shall contact the provider.

With Thanks

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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