Comments on: How do I run scheduled tasks (CRON) on my account? http://ind-web.com/2009/04/14/how-do-i-run-scheduled-tasks-cron-on-my-account/ Hosting, Blogs and More Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Martin http://ind-web.com/2009/04/14/how-do-i-run-scheduled-tasks-cron-on-my-account/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Martin Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:19:07 +0000 http://ind-web.com/?p=189#comment-14 Another addition to this, users must note that we do not allow permanent processes on any hosting account. However, you are free to run long running scripts and anything else you like on a Dedicated server. Another addition to this, users must note that we do not allow permanent processes on any hosting account.

However, you are free to run long running scripts and anything else you like on a Dedicated server.

]]> By: Daniel Llewellyn http://ind-web.com/2009/04/14/how-do-i-run-scheduled-tasks-cron-on-my-account/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Daniel Llewellyn Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:10:53 +0000 http://ind-web.com/?p=189#comment-13 As a follow-up to this, I feel that I should point out that nothing precludes the scenario where you use the same script in multiple CRON jobs. By this I mean that, for e.g, you can run the same script up to three times an hour by filling in each CRON job with the same path but with differing times to run. This enables you to run the same task at more regular intervals, but will use up more slots in the CRON system. As an example, our main site's CRON system has the same script set to run at 20 minute intervals. This script emulates the standard wordpress wp-cron system, which wouldn't normally work on our servers due to the "loopback problem". As a follow-up to this, I feel that I should point out that nothing precludes the scenario where you use the same script in multiple CRON jobs. By this I mean that, for e.g, you can run the same script up to three times an hour by filling in each CRON job with the same path but with differing times to run. This enables you to run the same task at more regular intervals, but will use up more slots in the CRON system.
As an example, our main site’s CRON system has the same script set to run at 20 minute intervals. This script emulates the standard wordpress wp-cron system, which wouldn’t normally work on our servers due to the “loopback problem”.

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