Comments on: How to add a daily digest email to Kunena forums (Joomla) http://adamhaeder.com/wordpress/2010/05/13/how-to-add-a-daily-digest-email-to-kunena-forums-joomla/ Your friendly neighborhood geek Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Adam Haeder http://adamhaeder.com/wordpress/2010/05/13/how-to-add-a-daily-digest-email-to-kunena-forums-joomla/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Adam Haeder Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:47:39 +0000 http://adamhaeder.com/wordpress/?p=1429#comment-1518 Hi JM Do you mean the script that starts with "#!/bin/bash" ? That's called a bash shell script, and it's just a text file. If you want to edit it on linux, log in to your linux box and run these commands: <code> $ cd /home/username $ nano forum_email.sh Paste the code from my post here and save the file, taking you back to a prompt $ chmod +x forum_email.sh </code> You should now have a file on your system called /home/username/forum_email.sh that has the executable bit set (that's what the 'chmod' command did). In my example, I'm using the editor 'nano' to edit the file. There are many, many other linux editors. If you don't have nano, you can try "pico" or "joe". "vi" will surely be there, but it has quite the learning curve, and that's out of the scope of this article. Once you have the file in place, you need to tell your system to run it at a scheduled time. This is usually handled by the 'cron' facility. You tell cron what to run when by editing your user's 'crontab' file. Run the command 'crontab -e' to open up your user's crontab file in your default editor. Then enter a line like this: <code> 15 0 * * * /home/user/forum_email.sh </code> This tells cron to run the script at 00:15 everyday (15 minutes after midnight). Change the values to whatever you want. Hope this helps Hi JM
Do you mean the script that starts with "#!/bin/bash" ? That's called a bash shell script, and it's just a text file. If you want to edit it on linux, log in to your linux box and run these commands:

$ cd /home/username
$ nano forum_email.sh
Paste the code from my post here and save the file, taking you back to a prompt
$ chmod +x forum_email.sh

You should now have a file on your system called /home/username/forum_email.sh that has the executable bit set (that's what the 'chmod' command did). In my example, I'm using the editor 'nano' to edit the file. There are many, many other linux editors. If you don't have nano, you can try "pico" or "joe". "vi" will surely be there, but it has quite the learning curve, and that's out of the scope of this article.

Once you have the file in place, you need to tell your system to run it at a scheduled time. This is usually handled by the 'cron' facility. You tell cron what to run when by editing your user's 'crontab' file. Run the command 'crontab -e' to open up your user's crontab file in your default editor. Then enter a line like this:

15 0 * * * /home/user/forum_email.sh

This tells cron to run the script at 00:15 everyday (15 minutes after midnight). Change the values to whatever you want.

Hope this helps

]]> By: John-Michael http://adamhaeder.com/wordpress/2010/05/13/how-to-add-a-daily-digest-email-to-kunena-forums-joomla/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 John-Michael Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:38:56 +0000 http://adamhaeder.com/wordpress/?p=1429#comment-1516 Hi Adam! Thanks for the helpful code. Sure wish the folks at Kunena would implement this important project. I'm not a Linux person, and I was able to follow your setup instructions except for the programmatic portion. What type of file is this and where would I put it? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. JM Neighborhood Wanna B Geek Hi Adam!

Thanks for the helpful code. Sure wish the folks at Kunena would implement this important project.

I'm not a Linux person, and I was able to follow your setup instructions except for the programmatic portion. What type of file is this and where would I put it? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

JM
Neighborhood Wanna B Geek

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