Using CI to create a command line app?

[eluser]thurting[/eluser]
I am not really sure what your question is, but I will take a stab. If I am off, please clarify what it is you are trying to do.

In the past I have used cURL to run cron jobs that need to access pages from within a CI application. In my case, the pages were password protected, so I used cURL to login and then access the secure pages. The page the crob job targeted was a .php file I kept above my web root - all worked well and securely.