posted on 2009-04-20 - amd.im/zH0R
So the Sweetcron documentation isn't altogether clear on what you should put in cron for it to update automatically, rather than slowing down a user every 30 minutes.
It's fairly intuitive, but for those missing this logical step, do the following.
Change the setting in the admin panel from psuedo-cron to true-cron, and take note of the URL.
Then put the following in your crontab file (easily accessed with crontab -e on a debian machine):
*/5 * * * * curl http://your/true-cron/url
You can change the 5 to be the number of minutes between updates that you want, and you'll definitely want to change the URL to the one listed in your Sweetcron's admin page.
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