A cron job is a command, that functions automatically in the background on a predefined period and it executes a script within a web hosting account. There are no limitations in regard to what the script can be - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly the file extension will be. A few examples are mailing a day-to-day report which contains all of the user activity within a given site, generating a regular backup or erasing the content inside a specific folder. These kinds of tasks or some other script can be run on intervals specified by the end user - each few minutes, hours or days, and even once a month as well as annually depending on the particular objective. Using cron jobs to improve diverse aspects of managing a website saves lots of time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is featured with all the website hosting services, will help you to set up cron jobs in several simple steps even if you have not employed such a feature before. When you sign in and visit the Cron Jobs area where you're able to set background tasks, you just need to paste the server access path to Perl, Python or PHP depending on the script you'll run, type the path in your account for the specific script file and choose how often your cron job has to be carried out. For the latter, you can use the basic mode and choose the days, hours, minutes, etc. via straightforward drop-down navigation, or maybe if you are more knowledgeable, you can take advantage of the advanced mode and specify the time interval with numbers and asterisks i.e. the typical method which you may have employed with various other Control Panels.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a cron job in our system is really simple. Once you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with all the semi-dedicated server accounts, you will be able to go to the Cron Jobs section where you just have to select the directory path to the script file to be executed and the command path for the specific language the script was written in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You'll be able to find the latter in the Control Panel, thus you can copy and paste it with a couple of clicks. After that, select the time interval for the cron via drop-down navigation for the months, days, hours or minutes and you'll be all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the entire process very easy and intuitive, so you will not have any problems if you don't have previous experience. When you are more experienced, you can also use the conventional cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on a single line.