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7:00 pm
October 4, 2014
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Hello,
I am trying to create an auto backup of my website using the cron feature.
I did the following:
1. In wordpress, I went to configuration --> Cron and created a conguration Name "AutoBackup".
2. When to my cpanel (bluehost) and created a cron job with the following info:
php /home2/abcuser/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php mycustomconfig.php
3. When I go back into my WP Cron and click on "execute cron", I receive the following error:
php /home2/abcuser/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php mycustomconfig.php
**Please note I replaced my username with abcuser into the above steps (2 & 3)
8:31 am
September 26, 2010
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There is no error message there from XCloner, you should check if WP Cron is properly running the cronjobs.
Ovidiu
8:57 pm
October 4, 2014
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The error message Im getting from XCloner is:
To run this script you need to create a custom config file inside XCloner Config, and call the script using php cli command like this:
php /home2/spanisu6/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php mycustomconfig.php
To generate the above error message, I was in the WP XCloner Configuration tab and clicked on "execute cron"; (After I created a custom configuration name and entered the php code into my hostings cron section - see original post) . It took me to a new tab with the above error message.
Here is a screencast of the error message: http://screencast.co.....t/YdSqsbpI
Any suggestions on how to fix this?
9:18 am
September 26, 2010
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You need to run that indicated cron command inside a server cron scheduler software, cron execution via browser has been disabled for security reasons.
Ovidiu
4:03 pm
October 4, 2014
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In my cpanel (bluehost) I created a cron job with the following info:
php /home2/abcuser/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php mycustomconfig.php
I do not see any new backups after I save this cron line to run.
Any suggestions?
7:50 pm
September 26, 2010
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Please check your cronlog output for any errors.
5:41 pm
October 4, 2014
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/usr/bin/php /home2/abcuser/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php AutoBackup.php
The above code worked! 
Instead of mycustomconfig.php I replaced it with the name of the config file (AutoBackup.php) I created and the backups are now working!
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