A cron job is a command, which works conveniently in the background on a predefined time period and it also executes a script inside a website hosting account. There aren't any limits in regard to what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it can do, or what exactly the file extension should be. Some examples are sending an everyday report with the client activity on a given site, generating a regular backup or deleting the content in a specific folder. These types of tasks or almost every other script can be executed on time periods specified by the user - each couple of minutes, hours or days, and even every month or annually depending on the specific goal. Making use of cron jobs to speed up diverse aspects of managing a website saves lots of time and efforts.
Cron Jobs in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with all of our Linux shared hosting, allows you to set up cron jobs in a few simple steps even when you haven't ever employed such a feature previously. When you sign in and proceed to the Cron Jobs section where you'll be able to assign background tasks, you just need to copy and paste the system access path to Perl, PHP or Python depending on the script you will execute, type the path in your account for the specific script file and select how often your cron job has to be carried out. For the aforementioned, you'll be able to use the standard mode and choose the days, hours, minutes, etcetera through uncomplicated drop-down navigation, or in case 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 might have employed with various other Control Panels.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you use a semi-dedicated server account with us to host your sites, you will be able to set up cron jobs for all of them with ease. This is done in three uncomplicated steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel that is used to manage the website hosting account, so you're able to set up a new cron even when you do not have any prior experience. Inside the Cron Jobs part of Hepsia, you will discover a box where you should copy/paste the path to the system files inside your account for the programming language your script was designed in - PHP, Perl, Bash, Python, etc. You also need to enter the folder path to the script file that'll be executed in the same box and then use our user-friendly drop-down menus to select how often our system will run the cron. Advanced users, can also employ the traditional method of creating a cron job by typing digits and asterisks in specific positions as well as the aforementioned paths.