Is there a way to make a server automatically perform a function, such as editing or deleting a file, at a designated time? Or does that require other programming?
coopster
9:47 pm on Oct 1, 2004 (gmt 0)
Most servers have some form of job scheduling feature either built into the operating system or you can install additional software. What platform are you running? Unix has cron/crontab, Windows has Scheduled Tasks, AS/400 has WRKJOBSCDE, ...
adni18
10:41 pm on Oct 1, 2004 (gmt 0)
Actually, I don't own the server. I have an individual account on one.
Wizcrafts
12:14 am on Oct 5, 2004 (gmt 0)
If your website is hosted on a CPanel Server you may very well have a Control Panel option to run "Cron Jobs." These are Perl scripts that perform their functions, or cause other scripts to run, on a schedule determined by the timer settings in them. Others here will have to fill in the blanks, cause that's all I know about the subject (I have that option in my CPanel).
