A cron job is a command, which works automatically in the background on a predefined time period and it executes a script in a web hosting account. There won't be any limits in regard to what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it can do, or what exactly your file extension should be. A few examples are mailing an everyday report which contains all the end user activity within a specified website, creating a routine backup or deleting the files in a particular folder. These tasks and / or almost every other script can be executed on intervals picked by the user - each couple of minutes, hours or days, and even monthly or once a year according to the exact intent. Using cron jobs to speed up various areas of managing a website saves considerable time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Web Hosting

Creating a cron job will take you simply three easy steps if you get a cloud web hosting plan with us. The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all the web hosting accounts, features an area centered on the crons and once you go there, you should type the folder path to the script which you want to be run, the command path to the system files for the selected programming language (Perl, Python, PHP), which you can copy from the Server Information section, and specify how often the cron job has to run. For that time interval, our company offers two choices - an easy to use one with drop-down navigation where one can pick the minutes, hours, days or months, and a more advanced one that's used with various other hosting Control Panels where you should type numbers and asterisks on particular positions that define different time periods.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a cron job in our system is a piece of cake. Once you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with all semi-dedicated server accounts, you're able to go to the Cron Jobs section where you just need to pick the directory path to the script file to be executed along with the command path for the particular language the script was written in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You'll be able to find the latter inside the Control Panel, and you can copy and paste it with a couple of clicks. Then, choose the time interval for your cron via drop-down menus for the minutes, hours, days or months and you will be 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 can also use the regular cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on one line.