#!/usr/local/bin/php -q $infile"); $a=fopen($infile, "r"); $ct=0; while(!feof ($a)) { $buffer=fgets($a, 4096); $buffer = str_replace("\n", "", $buffer); $input[$ct]=$buffer; $ct++; } fclose($a); unlink($infile); $b=fopen($outfile, "a+"); for($i=0; $i < count($input) - 1; $i++) { if ($i > 2) { $buffer=fputs($b, "$input[$i]\n"); } } //$string="String to be passed in from external file"; # Next line adds new string to crontab outfile //$nustr=fputs($b, "$string\n"); fclose($b); exec("crontab $outfile"); unlink($outfile); ?>