[wp-hackers] Bootstrapping WordPress

[Dagan Henderson]

I'm working on a process that requires a cron job and would prefer to execute the PHP script directly instead of using cURL to execute the code via the Web server. In the past, I've bootstrapped WordPress, through trial and error and Googling like this:
require('<path-to>/wp-config.php');
$wp->init();
$wp->parse_request();
$wp->query_posts();
$wp->register_globals();
Is there a preferred method for bootstrapping, or is this as good as any?
Cheers!
~Dagan