Cron’s are a way to schedule re-occurring tasks: such as running scripts, sending out emails, or giving your CMS a regular timing source so it can perform tasks such as publish scheduled posts
You can find the ‘Cron Jobs’ tool within cPanel
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1. Set the email you would like the cron’s output to be emailed to
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2. Set the timings for the cron
Common Timing Examples are
Timing Examples
* * * * * = Every minute (1:00,1:01,1:02)
5 * * * * = Every fifth minute, of every hour (1:05, 2:05)
*/5 * * * * = Every fifth minute, of every hour 1:00, 1:05, 1:10)
0 0 * * * = Once every night, at midnight
0 0 * * 3 = At midnight, every Wednesday
0 * * * 1-5 = Every hour, on the hour, between Monday – Friday
5 2 6 1 * = At 02:05 on the 6th January
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An example of a cron running ‘once per fifteen Minutes’ is:
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3. Enter the command you want to run
Be sure to specify the command, and full path to the script including cPanel username
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If you do not want the output emailed to you every time the script runs, be sure to null the output by appending the following to the output:
>/dev/null 2>&1
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4. Once confident with the command and schedule, click ‘Add New Cron Job’
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Once added, you will be able to see the Cron Job and edit it if required
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