A cron job is an automated task, that executes a specific action - generally executing a script in the hosting account. The task is pre-set, which means that it will run on a regular basis - hourly, daily, weekly etc. There are many reasons to employ a cron job for your sites. For instance, you can get daily reports how many visitors have registered on your site, a temporary folder can be emptied automatically per week or a backup copy of your content can be made in a separate folder inside your hosting account. Employing cron jobs will help you with the administration of your websites as it is possible to have lots of things completed automatically and get reports about them, instead of spending time and efforts to complete them manually.

Cron Jobs in Website Hosting

The simple to use Hepsia Hosting Control Panel will help you to set up cron jobs in no time. If you don't have prior knowledge of these kinds of things, you'll find a very user-friendly interface where you can plan the execution of the cron, picking one or several time frame options - months, days, hours, minutes, or certain days of the week. The thing that you have to fill manually is the specific command to be executed, which includes the path for PHP, Perl and Python scripts as well as the path to the particular file that will be executed. Knowledgeable users may also take advantage of the Advanced mode of the instrument and enter manually the execution period using numbers and asterisks. If you need more crons than your website hosting package allows you to have, you can upgrade this attribute in increments of five with just a few mouse clicks.