Adding Cron Jobs using Advanced Editing in cPanel Flash Tutorial

Cron jobs are a way of specifying that the server should run one of your scripts at a certain time automatically. This is useful for automating tasks that are run regularly.

One example of when to use a cron job is if you wish to be emailed a list if all of your website orders daily. You could write a PHP or Perl script that would generate a list of your orders for the day from your website database, then set it to run as a cron job.

When creating your cron job you can either use the advanced editor, or a simpler basic editor, depending on your familiarity with the cron job time formats. We also offer a flash tutorial on using the basic cron job editor.

The following flash tutorial guides you through Creating Cron Jobs using the Advanced Editing in cPanel control panel.

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