Cron jobs are timetabled tasks, that are executed on regular intervals of time set by the user and they execute scripts written in several programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, and so on. In accordance with what actually a cron needs to do, it can run each and every minute, weekly or maybe annually. There are many useful applications to make use of cron jobs in the day-to-day administration of a site. For instance, a backup of the full website may be generated daily or perhaps once a week or an e-mail message with all recent signups for the day can be sent to a given e-mail address. These types of automatic options will make the management of every site much easier. There are no specific file types which are allowed / forbidden, so any script can be run with a cron job.
Cron Jobs in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, that is included with all of the Linux cloud hosting, will allow you to set up cron jobs in several easy steps even when you have never employed such a feature previously. When you log in and visit the Cron Jobs section where you're able to set background tasks, you just need to paste the server access path to Perl, PHP or Python depending on the script that you will run, type the path within your account for the specific script file and then choose how often your cron job has to be executed. For the aforementioned, you'll be able to use the basic mode and choose the minutes, hours, days, etc. through straightforward drop-down menus, or in case you are more knowledgeable, you can take advantage of the advanced mode and set the time interval with numbers and asterisks i.e. the standard method which you might have used with other Control Panels.