Tag Archive: cron

March 9, 2015 / by Marco / cron, job, location, logs

Where are the cron job logs located?

I have a few cron jobs running and had to find out where the logs were located. After some research and it was quite obvious it was located here: /var/log/ Issue the command ls to check what is in that folder. You will see on the list, cron files with a date like below: DO […]

August 23, 2014 / by Marco / cron, cron manager, example, job, zpanel

How to create Cron Jobs in Zpanel

I’ve been using Zpanel for the past year and it’s a free Open Source Tool similar to Cpanel. Instead of paying $10 a month for using Cpanel, Zpanel is the free alternative. There are limited features with using Zpanel, for example it doesn’t have the option (One Click Install) to install WordPress, Joomla or the other open […]

August 9, 2014 / by Marco / cron, php, setup, wamp

How to create CRON jobs (Scheduled Tasks) in WAMP

What is WAMP? WAMP is a Windows based web development platform that allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and MySQL. It is basically a package that you run on your Windows OS and it will turn the device into a web server. What is a CRON job? Ok, so CRON jobs is […]

August 7, 2014 / by Marco / backup, cron, Godaddy, job, mysqldump, zip

How to setup GoDaddy Cron Jobs

If you have a shared hosting account and need to create a Cron Job then follow these simple steps. Cron jobs are scheduled tasks that allow you to run a script in the background at a set frequency. HOW TO SETUP GODADDY CRON JOBS INSTRUCTIONS Login to your Godaddy Account Click on Cron Job Manager […]