How to setup a Cron Job

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How to setup a Cron Job:

Cron jobs allow you to automate certain commands or scripts on your site. You can set command or script to run at a specific time every day, week etc.

1) Click the 'Cron jobs' icon in 'Advanced' window.

2) Click the 'Standard' button.

3) Enter the Email address where you want the cron result sent.

4) Enter the command of script you want to run.

5) Specify the timing of the cron i.e when and how often we want the script to run.

6) Select 0 for exact minute the cron is to run(on the hour).

7) Similarly select hours, days, weeks and months for exact timing for cron to run.

8) Now click the 'Save Crontab' button. The Cron job has been set.

9) Click the 'Standard' button.

10) We can delete the cron job by clicking on 'delete' button for the required entry.

11) For advanced method for creating a cron job click the 'Advanced(unix style)' button.

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