A new file has been added to the program that handles the cron requests, this is the file cron.php. This file can be called directly from the command line. The file is located in /administrator/components/com_csvivirtuemart/helpers/cron.php it is called like this:

php /administrator/components/com_csvivirtuemart/helpers/cron.php

There are several arguments that need to be passed on to make the cron work. These arguments are:

• username

This must be a known admin user in the Joomla system

• passwd

The password belonging to the supplied username.

• template_name

The name of the template that needs to be used. This must exactly match the name of the template in the template list.

• filename

Including the arguments the full command for an import can look like this:

php /administrator/components/com_csvivirtuemart/helpers/cron.php username="admin" passwd="admin" template_name="CSVI Product import" filename="/home/me/mygreatstock.csv"

Including the arguments the full command for an export can look like this:

php /administrator/components/com_csvivirtuemart/helpers/cron.php username="admin" passwd="admin" template_name="CSVI Product export"

Make sure this command is all on one line. In a cronjob you cannot span an entry across multiple lines. The assumption here is made that the PHP command is in the global path statement, otherwise the full path for PHP should be provided too. From CSVI VirtueMart 2.0 there is a cron command line generator included in the program.

Template settings

All settings from the template will be used when importing or exporting data.

Exporting to a local filename

To export to a local filename you need to fill in two settings in your export template.

1. Filename for exported file
   This option is on the Settings tab
2. File location
   This option is on the General settings tab

When manually exporting orders for example, the export screen has a number of filters. These filters can also be used in the cron version too. As opposed to the manual export, the cron export can only take a single value per filter. To use these filters you need to know the name of the filters. These names are currently in use:

• Standard export
  exportto
  localfile
  recordstart
  recordend
• Order export
  ordernostart
  ordernoend
  ordergroupby
  orderdatestart
  orderdateend
  orderstatus
  ordercurrency
  orderpricestart
  orderpriceend
  orderuser
  orderproduct
  order_address

The output has been optimized for command line output, this means there is no HTML code. This can be forwarded (piped) to a file for later analyzes.