# Cron job to access a url

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cron-job-to-access-a-url/173844>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 30, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cron-job-to-access-a-url/173844 "2005-12-30T06:13:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![MTsoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MTsoul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MTsoul)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cron-job-to-access-a-url/173844/1 "2005-12-30T06:13:26Z")

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I searched - no luck:

How do I use cron job on a Unix server to access a public url once so often, say [http://google.com/](http://google.com/)? I know it’s in the cpanel, but what’s the command for it?