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Can somebody help me in setting up the Cron job on shared hosting? Below is the command that i am using
* * * * * cd /path-to-your-project && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
i am using shared hosting By that I mean I have my public folder in public_html / my-folder and the rest of the Laravel app folders in the root directory Can somebody please explain how should I edit my command so it points out rightly
Hi @nomi
It will depend on your hosting, but most of the times the path to your root folder is /home/USERNAME/ so your cron should be something like:
* * * * * cd /home/USERNAME && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
Anyway, if you have ssh you can find out the right path running a pwd while inside the root folder of your project.
Hope this helps
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