A cron job is a command, that functions conveniently in the background on a predefined time period and it runs a script within a web hosting account. There aren't any limitations regarding what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly your file extension will be. Some examples are sending a day-to-day report which contains all of the end user activity on a specific website, creating a routine backup or erasing the files within a certain folder. These kinds of tasks as well as any other script can be executed on time periods chosen by the end user - every few minutes, hours or days, and even every month as well as once per year depending on the exact purpose. Using cron jobs to speed up numerous areas of administrating a site saves considerable time and efforts.
Cron Jobs in Cloud Hosting
The intuitive Hepsia Hosting Control Panel will help you to create cron jobs effortlessly. If you do not have previous knowledge about these kinds of matters, you'll find an incredibly intuitive interface where you can plan the execution of the cron, choosing one or more time options - minutes, hours, days, months, or particular days of the week. The sole thing you will have to fill in yourself is the actual command to be executed, which includes the path for PHP, Perl and Python scripts as well as the path to the actual file that is to be executed. More experienced users can also use the Advanced mode of our tool and enter manually the execution time period with numbers and asterisks. If you need more crons than your cloud hosting package lets you have, you'll be able to upgrade this characteristic in batches of five with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a cron job in our system is very simple. Once you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with all the semi-dedicated server accounts, you can go to the Cron Jobs section where you only have to pick the directory path to the script file to be run along with the command path for the particular language the script was written in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You can find the latter inside the Control Panel, so you can copy/paste it with several clicks. Then, choose the time interval for the cron through drop-down menus for the months, days, hours or minutes and you'll be all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the process very easy and intuitive, so you will not have any problems if you do not have prior experience. When you are more tech-savvy, you may also take advantage of the regular cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on a single line.