3 // This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
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21 * This script looks through all the module directories for cron.php files
22 * and runs them. These files can contain cleanup functions, email functions
23 * or anything that needs to be run on a regular basis.
27 * @copyright 2009 Petr Skoda (http://skodak.org)
28 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
31 define('CLI_SCRIPT', true);
33 require(__DIR__
.'/../../config.php');
34 require_once($CFG->libdir
.'/clilib.php'); // cli only functions
35 require_once($CFG->libdir
.'/cronlib.php');
37 // now get cli options
38 list($options, $unrecognized) = cli_get_params(
50 $unrecognized = implode("\n ", $unrecognized);
51 cli_error(get_string('cliunknowoption', 'admin', $unrecognized));
54 if ($options['help']) {
56 "Execute periodic cron actions.
59 -h, --help Print out this help
60 -s, --stop Notify all other running cron processes to stop after the current task
63 \$sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/cli/cron.php
70 if ($options['stop']) {
71 // By clearing the caches this signals to other running processes
72 // to exit after finishing the current task.
73 \core\task\manager
::clear_static_caches();
77 \core\local\cli\shutdown
::script_supports_graceful_exit();