Cron jobs are timetabled tasks, that are executed on regular time intervals pre-set by the end user and they execute scripts coded in numerous programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, etcetera. In accordance with what actually a cron should do, it can run every minute, weekly or even annually. There are a lot of practical applications to employ cron jobs in the daily management of a website. For example, a backup copy of the entire website can be generated once per day as well as once a week or an email with all of the new signups for the day may be sent to a given email. Such automated options can make the administration of every site much easier. There aren't any specific file types which are allowed or forbidden, so any script can be run using a cron job.

Cron Jobs in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, that is provided with all of our Linux shared website hosting packages, will help you to set up cron jobs in a few easy steps even if you haven't ever employed this type of function before. When you sign in and proceed to the Cron Jobs area where you'll be able to create background tasks, you just have to copy and paste the system access path to PHP, Pyton or Perl according to the script that you'll execute, type the path in your account to the specific script file and after that choose how often your cron job will be carried out. For the aforementioned, you'll be able to use the standard mode and pick the minutes, hours, days, etc. through uncomplicated drop-down navigation, or if you are more experienced, you'll be able to use the advanced mode and specify the time period with numbers and asterisks i.e. the standard method that you may have employed with various Control Panels.