cron is a time-based scheduling service in Linux / Unix-like computer operating systems. $ crontab -u (username) -e
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# +---------------- minute (0 - 59)
# | +------------- hour (0 - 23)
# | | +---------- day of month (1 - 31)
# | | | +------- month (1 - 12)
# | | | | +---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7)
# | | | | |
* * * * * command to be executed
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Minute :
* = every minute
*/5 = after every five minutes
15 = After 15 minutes
Hour :
0 = midnight
4 = 4 AM
23 = 11 PM
Day :
1 = 1st day of the month
5 = 5th day of the month
31 = 31st day of the month
Month :
1 = Month of the year (January = 1 , February = 2 and so on ... )
Weekday :
0 = Day of the week (Sunday = 0, Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2 and so on ...)
Cron Job examples :
If you want a cron job to run at 5:00 and 10:00 A.M then you can set it like:
Code:
* 5,10 * * * /usr/local/bin/php -q /home/cpanelusername/public_html/path of your cron file
Code:
0 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/php -q /home/cpanelusername/public_html/path of your cron file
If you want to set the cron job from Monday to Friday at midnight then it would be like:
Code:
0 0 * * 1,2,3,4,5 /usr/local/bin/php -q /home/cpanelusername/public_html/path of your cron file
Now you can easily setup your own cron jobs.Cheers .....
Enjoy
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