Cron jobs are commands used to schedule tasks that must run periodically, for instance: from Monday to Friday at 6PM. These jobs allow you to automate some commands and scripts on your server, to automatically run repetitive tasks. For instance, you could create a cron job to send emails every 7 days.
1. Login to cPanel.
2. Locate and click on the "Cron Jobs" icon under the "Advanced" category.
3. Fill in the required information.
Common Settings - You can use this dropdown list to populate all but the last fields.
Minute - The minute setting for the cron job.
Hour - The hour setting for the cron job.
Day - The day setting for the cron job.
Month - The month setting for the cron job.
Weekday - The weekday setting for the cron job.
Command - The cron job command to execute.
If you wanted to execute a script, the command would look similar to this:
/usr/bin/php ~/public_html/cron.php >/dev/null 2>&1
If you want to avoid overlaping, please use the following format:
/usr/bin/flock -n ~/public_html/var/locks/sync.lock /usr/bin/php ~/public_html/shell/script.php >/dev/null 2>&1
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