A cron job is a command, that works conveniently in the background over a predefined period and it also runs a script in a web hosting account. There aren't any limits regarding what the script can be - PHP, Bash, Perl, etcetera, what it could do, or what exactly your file extension will be. Some examples are sending a day-to-day report which contains all the user activity within a given website, generating a regular backup or deleting the content inside a particular folder. These tasks as well as any other script can be run on intervals selected by the end user - every few minutes, hours or days, and even every month as well as annually according to the specific objective. Making use of cron jobs to automate different elements of managing a site saves considerable time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with all of the Linux shared hosting, will allow you to set up cron jobs in several basic steps even if you haven't ever used this feature before. As soon as you log in and visit the Cron Jobs area where you can assign background tasks, you just need to copy and paste the server access path to PHP, Perl or Python with respect to the script you will execute, type the path inside of your account to the specific script file and after that select how often the cron job has to be carried out. For the aforementioned, you'll be able to use the basic mode and pick the minutes, hours, days, etcetera through simple drop-down options, or maybe if you are more skilled, you can take advantage of the advanced mode and specify the time interval with numbers and asterisks i.e. the usual method that you might have employed with various Control Panels.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

Installing a cron job in our system is a breeze. Once you log in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with all the semi-dedicated server accounts, you'll be able to go to the Cron Jobs section where you only need to pick the directory path to the script file to be executed and the command path for the particular language the script was written in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You are able to find the latter in the Control Panel, thus you can copy/paste it with several clicks. After that, select the time interval for your cron through drop-down navigation for the minutes, hours, days or months and you're all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the process really easy and intuitive, so you won't have any problems if you don't have previous experience. If you are more experienced, you may also take advantage of the common cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on a single line.