A cron job is a command, that works conveniently in the background over a pre-set period and it also runs a script inside a website hosting account. There won't be any limits regarding what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etcetera, what it could do, or what exactly your file extension will be. Some examples are sending a daily report which contains all of the client activity within a specific website, creating a routine backup or erasing the content inside a specific folder. These kinds of tasks or almost every other script can be executed on intervals selected by the user - each couple of minutes, hours or days, and even once per month or maybe annually depending on the exact objective. Using cron jobs to improve diverse areas of managing a website saves lots of time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Hosting

When you get any of our hosting packages, you're able to set up cron jobs with a few clicks through your Hepsia Control Panel even when you have not done that previously. Hepsia is very intuitive, so as opposed to entering numbers and asterisks on specific positions, which is the typical way to create a cron job, you can choose the days, hours or minutes some script should be executed using uncomplicated drop-down menus. This is done from the Cron Jobs part of the Control Panel and, naturally, you can always use the first method as well, if you're knowledgeable enough and you prefer it. In either case, you'll have to enter the path to the script that'll be executed and the path to the PHP, Python or Perl system files within your account. The latter is available in the Control Panel and you'll be able to copy/paste it, still if you experience any difficulties, you can always get in touch with your technical support team.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a cron job in our system is a breeze. Once you log in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all of the semi-dedicated server accounts, you will be able to go to the Cron Jobs section where you just need to choose the directory path to the script file to be run and the command path for the specific language the script was written in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You are able to find the aforementioned inside the Control Panel, thus you can copy and paste it with several clicks. After that, select the time period for your cron via drop-down navigation for the minutes, hours, days or months and you're all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the whole process really simple and intuitive, so you won't have any problems if you do not have prior experience. When you are more experienced, you may also use the regular cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on one line.