croncoffeescriptcakefile

How do I run a cake file command from a cron file?

This is a bit of a mystery to me since you have to "be in" the folder of the Cakefile to run the cake command. I don't really know where cake its path from, but I've tried running this

cd /
PWD=/path/to/cake/file cake server

Still getting this error:

Error: Cakefile not found in /

Would something like

cd /path/to/cake/file && cake server

Work in a cron file? Also could that pose a problem for the remaining cron jobs?

Solution

  • You can use () to make a subshell to run your command without affecting the rest:

    (cd /path/to/cake/file && cake server)