A cron job is a command, that functions conveniently in the background over a pre-set period of time and it also executes a script within a hosting account. There aren't any limits in regard to what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etcetera, what it could do, or what exactly the file extension will be. Some examples are mailing a day-to-day report which contains all of the client activity on a given site, creating a regular backup or deleting the files in a specific folder. These kinds of tasks or almost every other script can be run on intervals specified by the end user - every couple of minutes, hours or days, and even monthly or perhaps once a year according to the exact intent. Working with cron jobs to improve various aspects of managing a site 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 create cron jobs in a couple of basic steps even if you haven't ever employed such a function previously. After you sign in and proceed to the Cron Jobs section where you're able to set background tasks, you just need to paste the server access path to Perl, PHP or Python based on the script you will execute, type the path within your account for the specific script file and choose how often your cron job will be carried out. For the latter, you'll be able to use the standard mode and choose the days, hours, minutes, etc. via simple drop-down options, or in case you are more experienced, you can take advantage of the advanced mode and set the time interval with numbers and asterisks i.e. the usual method which you may have used with other Control Panels.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you use a semi-dedicated server account with our company to host your websites, you can set up cron jobs for any of them with ease. This is done in three simple steps inside the Hepsia Control Panel that's used to manage the hosting account, so you'll be able to create a new cron even when you don't have any prior experience. In the Cron Jobs part of Hepsia, you will find a box where you have to copy and paste the path to the system files in your account for the programming language your script was designed in - Perl, Bash, Python, PHP, etcetera. You also need to enter the folder path to the script file which will be executed in the same box then use our user-friendly drop-down menus to decide how often our system will run the cron. Experienced users, can also use the traditional method of setting up a cron job by typing digits and asterisks in certain positions in addition to the previously mentioned paths.