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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThere, you have the option to set the time for the task to run and specify the command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To execute any file on the account through a CRON job, you can use one of two methods. You can execute a CRON job using a browser link to the file (Method 1) or by utilizing a selected PHP version along with the file path from the user account (Method 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Method 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To use a CRON job that triggers a script via a link, use the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The For regularly executed tasks, it is recommended to use Method 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To execute a CRON command through PHP, use the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this case, provide the full path to the file and the PHP version to be used. In the example above, PHP version 7.4 is used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CRON tasks are automated jobs scheduled to run in Unix-based operating systems. Cron is a program used for planning and executing specific tasks at defined intervals, such as every minute, every hour, daily, etc. YouContinue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437,1123],"tags":[318,1124,1125,1126],"class_list":["post-6348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpanel-pl","category-cron","tag-cpanel-hr","tag-creating-a-cron-job-in-the-task-scheduler","tag-cron","tag-cron-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6438,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348\/revisions\/6438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Zrzut-ekranu-2023-12-6-o-11.35.52-1024x958-1.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nwget -q -O \/dev\/null [address] > \/dev\/null 2>&1<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n-O<\/code> option allows specifying the path for writing (using \/dev\/null<\/code> ensures the file is not saved). The -q<\/code> option prevents logging the operation. \/dev\/null 2>&1<\/code> redirects to the void, meaning no email notification will be sent about the CRON job execution. Replace [address] with the full link to the page to be called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n> \/dev\/null 2>&1<\/code> to avoid filling the disk space with notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\/opt\/cpanel\/ea-php74\/root\/usr\/bin\/php \/home\/username\/file_to_execute > \/dev\/null 2>&1<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n