A cron job is a command, which functions automatically in the background on a pre-set period of time and it also runs a script in a web hosting account. There aren't any limitations regarding what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etcetera, what it can do, or what exactly your file extension will be. Some examples are supplying a regular report which contains all the end user activity within a specified site, generating a routine backup or erasing the content inside a particular folder. These types of tasks as well as almost every other script can be run on time periods picked by the user - every couple of minutes, hours or days, and even once per month or perhaps annually based on the exact purpose. Working with cron jobs to speed up diverse aspects of managing a website saves lots of time and efforts.
Cron Jobs in Website Hosting
When you get any of our website hosting plans, you will be able to create cron jobs with only a few clicks via your Hepsia Control Panel even when you have never done that previously. Hepsia is really simple to use, so as opposed to entering numbers and asterisks on specific positions, which is the usual technique to create a cron job, you will be able to select the days, hours or minutes some script has to be executed using very simple drop-down menus. This is done from your Cron Jobs section of the Control Panel and, of course, you can always use the first method too, in case you are skilled enough and you prefer it. In either case, you will also have to enter the path to the script which will be executed along with the path to the PHP, Python or Perl system files in your account. The last mentioned is included in the Control Panel and you can copy/paste it, but if you encounter any kind of issues, you can contact your technical support team.