Cron jobs are timetabled tasks, which run on regular intervals of time set by the user and they also execute scripts coded in different programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, etc. In accordance with what actually a cron needs to do, it may run each and every minute, every week or perhaps each year. There're a lot of handy applications to make use of cron jobs in your daily administration of a website. Such as, a backup copy of the whole site can be generated once per day or maybe weekly or an email message with all of the recent signups for the day may be delivered to a given e-mail address. Such automatic options can make the administration of any website much easier. There are no precise file types that can be allowed or forbidden, so any script can be executed using a cron job.
Cron Jobs in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, that is provided with all the Linux shared hosting, allows you to set up cron jobs in a couple of simple steps even if you haven't ever employed this type of function previously. When you sign in and go to the Cron Jobs section where you'll be able to assign background tasks, you just have to copy and paste the server access path to Perl, PHP or Python depending on the script you'll run, type the path within your account to the actual script file and after that choose how often the cron job has to be executed. For the aforementioned, you'll be able to use the standard mode and select the minutes, hours, days, etc. using uncomplicated drop-down menus, or maybe in case you are more knowledgeable, you can use the advanced mode and specify the time interval with numbers and asterisks i.e. the typical method which you might have used with various other Control Panels.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers
You will be able to create as many cron jobs as you need if you host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and it does not take more than one minute to do that. In contrast to various web hosting Control Panels where you have to type in commands and use numbers and asterisks on a single line in order to create a cron job, our Hepsia Control Panel comes with an intuitive interface where you can decide how often a new cron needs to be executed by using simple drop-down menus to select the minutes, hours, weekdays, etc. The two things which you will have to enter manually are the folder path to the script file which has to be executed plus the command path to the programming language system files in the account (Perl, Python, PHP). You'll be able to copy and paste the aforementioned from the Server Information part of your hosting Control Panel, which means that it will not take you more than several clicks to create a cron job inside your semi-dedicated account.