| Every account that has shell access on our servers has the ability to run shell commands.
You can also set up a "crontab" which will automatically run a shell command you specify at the times you specify.
We do have some policies regarding acceptable processes you may run on a shared hosting shell account. It is important you read these and abide by them or you will be in jeopardy of having your account terminated!
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 What is a cron job?
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| A cron job is simply a command you normally run from a shell window (i.e. telnet or ssh) that is periodically run at times you specifiy. It's a pretty standard feature of all unix operating systems, a... (more) |
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May I run a cron job?
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| Yes you may, if you have a shell account on our server!
Of course, the restrictions on background processes apply to processes started via your crontab just as any other persistent process, so b... (more) |
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How do I set up a cron job?
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| Via the "crontab" command from the shell.
crontab -l will show you your currently set up cron jobs on the server.
crontab -r will delete your current cron jobs.
crontab -e will allow you... (more) |
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What is your persistent (background) process policy?
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| We define persistent/background processes as any unix user's command running non-interactively. That is, it runs while you aren't actively sitting there interacting with it through a shell window.
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Cron Jobs and Persistent Processes