Re: Sending a http request from a cron script

There are many solution: You can use tools like wget or curl,

or use perl module LWP to build an agent en call it from cron.

I think the simpliest solution is to use wget :
http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html

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Re: Sending a http request from a cron script by b10m (Vicar) on Mar 29, 2005 at 12:23 UTC
No need to 'build an agent', for LWP comes with `lwp-request` and will ask you to install the aliases `GET, HEAD`, and `POST`. If you use those aliases, a simple `GET $url` will be sufficient. -- b10m All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.	[reply]