Cron jobs are scheduled tasks, which run on regular intervals of time set by the user and they execute scripts developed in various programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, and so on. In accordance with what actually a cron should do, it may run every minute, weekly or even annually. There are numerous practical applications to make use of cron jobs in your everyday administration of a site. For instance, a backup of the entire site may be generated once a day or perhaps once per week or an e-mail with all new signups for the day can be delivered to a given e-mail address. Such automatic options can make the administration of any website much easier. There won't be any particular file types that are allowed / forbidden, so any script can be run employing a cron job.

Cron Jobs in Shared Web Hosting

The simple to use Hepsia Hosting Control Panel will allow you to set up cron jobs without difficulty. If you do not have previous knowledge about these kinds of matters, you will find an incredibly easy-to-use interface where you can schedule the execution of your cron, choosing one or more time frame options - months, days, hours, minutes, or specific days of the week. The single thing that you will have to fill in manually is the precise task to be run, which consists of the path for PHP, Perl and Python scripts and the path to the particular file that is to be executed. More experienced customers can also take advantage of the Advanced mode of the instrument and type in manually the execution time using numbers and asterisks. If you'd like additional crons than your shared web hosting plan enables you to have, you're able to upgrade this characteristic in batches of five with a couple of clicks.