A cron job is a command, that works conveniently in the background on a pre-set time period and it also runs a script within a hosting account. There won't be any limitations in regard to what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly your file extension should be. Some examples are mailing a daily report which contains all the end user activity within a given website, creating a routine backup or deleting the files within a certain folder. These types of tasks or any other script can be executed on time periods selected by the user - every couple of minutes, hours or days, and even every month or perhaps once a year based on the exact objective. Using cron jobs to improve diverse aspects of managing a site saves lots of time and efforts.
Cron Jobs in Website Hosting
The easy to use Hepsia Hosting Control Panel will help you to set up cron jobs without any difficulty. In case you don't have previous knowledge about these types of matters, you will find an incredibly easy-to-use interface where you could plan the execution of the cron, choosing one or several time options - months, days, hours, minutes, or certain days of the week. The only thing that you will have to enter yourself is the actual task to be executed, which includes the path for PHP, Perl and Python scripts and also the path to the particular file that is to be executed. More experienced customers can also take advantage of the Advanced mode of the tool and type in by hand the execution period with numbers and asterisks. If you'd like additional crons than your website hosting plan enables you to have, you can upgrade this attribute in batches of five with only a few clicks.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you use a semi-dedicated server account with us to host your sites, you can create cron jobs for any of them without difficulty. This can be done in three very easy steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel which is used to control the website hosting account, so you will be able to set up a new cron even if you lack previous experience. In the Cron Jobs part of Hepsia, you will find a box where you have to copy/paste the path to the system files in your account for the programming language your script was designed in - PHP, Perl, Bash, Python, etcetera. You also have to enter the folder path to the script file that will be executed in the same box and then use our intuitive drop-down menus to decide how often our system will execute the cron. More advanced users, can also use the traditional method of creating a cron job by typing digits and asterisks in certain positions as well as the previously mentioned paths.