Cronjob in CakePHP 1.3

Question

I need a cron job in one of my older web site (CakePHP 1.3). I made the following steps:

1. created shell in /somepath/public_html/app/vendors/shells/valute.php

   class ValuteShell extends Shell {
       var $uses = array('Valute');
       function main() {
           $this->Valute->cacheGetKonverterData();
       }
   }
   

2. created BASH script and save this to my vendors folder as cakeshell (/somepath/public_html/app/vendors/cakeshell)

   #!/bin/bash
   TERM=dumb
   export TERM
   cmd="cake"
   while [ $# -ne 0 ]; do
       if [ "$1" = "-cli" ] || [ "$1" = "-console" ]; then
           PATH=$PATH:$2
           shift
       else
           cmd="${cmd} $1"
       fi
       shift
   done
   $cmd
   

3. changed the permissions on the this file to 777.

4. called cronjob like this:

   0  0   *   *   *   /somepath/public_html/app/vendors/cakeshell valute -cli /usr/bin -console /somepath/public_html/cake/console -app /somepath/public_html/app
   

Unfortunately cronjob does not work. Why? When I call: http://www.somedomain.net/valutes/save_valute everything works fine.

<?php
class ValutesController extends AppController {
    var $name = 'Valutes';
    var $uses = array('Valute'); 

    function save_valutes()
    {
        $this->layout = null; // turn off the layout    
        $this->Valute->cacheGetKonverterData();
    }   
}
?>

Answer 1

cakeshell: cmd should have the PATH of the Cake core's cake file

cmd="/somepath/public_html/lib/Cake/Console/cake"

crontab:

0 0 * * * /somepath/public_html/app/vendors/cakeshell valute -app /somepath/public_html/app >> var/log/crontab