Cron jobs are scheduled tasks, that are executed on regular intervals of time set by the end user and they also execute scripts developed in numerous programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, etc. Determined by what actually a cron needs to do, it can run every single minute, once a week or even annually. There are lots of handy applications to make use of cron jobs in your daily administration of a website. Such as, a backup of the entire site can be generated once a day or once per week or an e-mail with all new signups for the day can be delivered to a specific e-mail address. Such automatic options can make the management of every website faster and easier. There won't be any precise file types that are allowed or forbidden, so every script can be run using a cron job.
Cron Jobs in Cloud Web Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, that is featured with all the Linux cloud web hosting, will allow you to create cron jobs in a couple of easy steps even if you have never used this type of option before. After you log in and proceed to the Cron Jobs area where you'll be able to set background tasks, you just have to paste the system access path to Perl, Python or PHP depending on the script you will execute, type the path inside of your account for the actual script file and select how often the cron job will be executed. For the latter, you'll be able to use the basic mode and pick the minutes, hours, days, etc. through simple drop-down navigation, or maybe if you are more knowledgeable, you can take advantage of the advanced mode and set the time period with numbers and asterisks i.e. the typical method which you may have used with various other Control Panels.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Installing a cron job in our system is a piece of cake. Once you log in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with all of the semi-dedicated server accounts, you'll be able to go to the Cron Jobs section where you just have to select the directory path to the script file to be run as well as the command path for the specific language the script was designed in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You are able to find the aforementioned in the Control Panel, thus you can copy and paste it with a couple of clicks. Then, choose the time interval for your cron via drop-down navigation for the minutes, hours, days or months and you will be all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the entire process very simple and intuitive, so you will not have any problems if you don't have prior experience. If you are more experienced, you can also use the regular cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on one line.