A cron job is a command, that functions automatically in the background on a predefined period and it runs a script in a web hosting account. There aren't any limitations regarding what the script can be - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly the file extension should be. A few examples are mailing a regular report with all the end user activity within a given site, creating a regular backup or erasing the files within a certain folder. These kinds of tasks as well as any other script can be executed on intervals picked by the end user - each couple of minutes, hours or days, and even once a month or maybe annually based on the specific intent. Working with cron jobs to speed up numerous elements of administrating a site saves considerable time and efforts.
Cron Jobs in Web Hosting
Creating a cron job requires precisely 3 easy steps when you acquire a web hosting package through us. The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all of the website hosting accounts, has an area centered on the crons and as soon as you go there, you should enter the folder path to the script that you would like to be run, the command path to the system files for the particular programming language (Perl, Python, PHP), which you can copy and paste from the Server Information section, and then determine how frequently the cron job should run. For the time interval, we offer two options - an easy to use one with drop-down menus where one can choose the minutes, hours, days and/or months, along with a more advanced one that is used with various other website hosting Control Panels in which you are required to type numbers and asterisks on certain positions that outline separate periods of time.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers
You're able to set up as many cron jobs as you would like when you host your sites with a semi-dedicated server account from us and it doesn't take over a minute to do that. Unlike other website hosting Control Panels where you should type commands and use numbers and asterisks on a single line so that you can create a cron job, our Hepsia Control Panel contains an intuitive interface where you will be able to select how often a cron should be executed by using simple drop-down menus to choose the hours, minutes, day of the week, etcetera. The only two things that you will need to enter manually are the folder path to the script file that should be executed plus the command path to the programming language system files in the account (PHP. Perl, Python). You'll be able to copy/paste the latter from the Server Information part of your hosting Control Panel, which means that it will not take you more than a few clicks to create a cron job inside your semi-dedicated account.