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HostMonster Cron – Setting up Cron Jobs
Cron is scheduler in Linux and Unix like systems. It allows you to set events (actions, programs to be run) at specific time intervals like 1, 15, 30 or custom set intervals that can be in hours, days, months or years. You may use cron jobs to setup automatic tasks that you need like automatic cleaning of files (cache), backing up files, directories, databases too if it’s setup correctly, or other tasks. The cron settings are setup in special file called the crontab which on most linux system is located at /etc/crontab . For beginners it would be very difficult to manually set any type of cron job mainly because of the cron syntax which is difficult. Luckily Hostmonster cPanel control panel offers a cron job tool that simplifies the process of setting up cron jobs. You can either setup with a wizard (standard) or manually (advanced) if you are experienced linux user. You can setup an email to where the output of the cron will be sent. Setting up jobs at intervals less than 5 minutes is not recommended because it can take much resources depending on the task that is performed. I use cron jobs on my personal computer at home to schedule backups. Backups are important because you never know what may happen.
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