A cron job is a command, that works automatically in the background over a pre-set period and it also executes a script in a website hosting account. There aren't any limits regarding what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etcetera, what it could do, or what exactly your file extension should be. Examples are mailing a day-to-day report with all the client activity within a given website, creating a regular backup or deleting the content inside a particular folder. These tasks or any other script can be executed on time intervals specified by the user - each couple of minutes, hours or days, and even once per month or once per year based on the exact intent. Working with cron jobs to speed up diverse areas of administrating a site saves considerable time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Shared Hosting

The simple to use Hepsia Hosting Control Panel will help you to create cron jobs easily. In case you don't have previous experience with these kinds of things, you'll find an incredibly easy-to-use interface where you could plan the execution of your cron, selecting one or more time options - months, days, hours, minutes, or exact weekdays. The single thing you will have to type in yourself is the specific command to be executed, which consists of the path for PHP, Perl and Python scripts and also the path to the particular file that will be executed. More skillful customers can also use the Advanced mode of the instrument and type in manually the execution time period using numbers and asterisks. If you'd like more crons than your shared hosting package lets you have, you can upgrade this attribute in batches of five with a few mouse clicks.