Cron jobs are timetabled tasks, that are executed on regular time intervals set by the end user and they execute scripts developed in several programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, and the like. Depending on what exactly a cron needs to do, it can run each and every minute, once a week or perhaps once a year. There are numerous useful applications to use cron jobs in the day-to-day administration of a website. For instance, a backup copy of the full site can be generated every day as well as once a week or an e-mail with all recent signups for the day can be sent to a certain email. This kind of automated options will make the management of every site much easier. There aren't any particular file types that are allowed or forbidden, so any script can be run by using a cron job.

Cron Jobs in Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with all our web hosting, will help you to create cron jobs in a few basic steps even when you have never used such a option previously. As soon as you sign in and navigate to the Cron Jobs section where you'll be able to assign background tasks, you just need to paste the server access path to PHP, Pyton or Perl according to the script you'll run, type the path within your account to the actual script file and then choose how often the cron job will be executed. For the latter, you can use the standard mode and pick the days, hours, minutes, etc. using simple drop-down navigation, or maybe in case you are more knowledgeable, you can take full advantage of the advanced mode and set the time period with numbers and asterisks i.e. the usual method which you might have employed with different Control Panels.