What SetCronJob promised

SetCronJob promised:

- 99.9% uptime
One month has 30*24*60*60 = 2592000 seconds, and 0.1% of this is 2592 seconds, or ~ 43 minutes downtime in one month. This is to maintain scripts, httpd, server, etc.

- 99.0% your script will be executed within 60 seconds from set time.
E.g your script should be executed at 1:15 AM. So, it may be executed at time between 1:15:00 and 1:15:59 AM. 

- 99.5% script will be executed
Your script will be executed whenever your web server is up, allows SetCronJob to call script, and your script returns status HTTP/1.1 200 OK. The connection time out is 2 seconds.

- 99.0% number of times your script will be executed.
One days, my cron daemon will be launched (60/5)*24 = 288 times. SetCronJob promised 286 times a day (down 2*30=60 times a month).


This is promise for both free and paid service. Above numbers are what I did promise. The real values may be higher.

List of FREE cron jobs!

Cron jobs is defined as a scheduling software in Unix/Linux that can call your script periodically, e.g every 5 minutes.

All of us may need cron jobs for backing up files, databases, send emails, clear temporary files, RSS sync,... But most web hosting providers do limit or disable cron jobs feature due to high server load or memory usage.

So, if you need cron jobs like crazy, and are looking for an online cron service, here's the best list for you:

- SetCronJob http://www.setcronjob.com/

- OnlineCronJobs http://www.onlinecronjobs.com/

- CronJobs.org http://www.cronjobs.org/

- getCron http://getcron.com

- WebBasedCron http://www.webbasedcron.com/

- WebCron.org http://www.webcron.org/

- ezCronTab http://ezcrontab.com/

Have fun with this list!

Set Cron Job now has favicon.ico

After a long time, SetCronJob doesn't have a favicon icon. From June 27, 2009, a favicon has been added.

It's just a part of SetCronJob's banner, created with MS-Paint :D

What do you use cron jobs for?

Hi,

After a long time thinking and asking people what they do with cron jobs, here's the list of purposes:
- Back up files
- Back up databases
- Delete temporary files and folders
- Send mail
- Auto blogging
- Execute RapidLeech (restricted in Term Of Service)
- Generate invoices
- RSS sync
-...

If you use cron jobs for other purposes, let me know!

Cron jobs sandbox

Although SetCronJob's control panel is very simple, but it may not be easy to use. Someone don't know how to set cron jobs properly.

So, SetCronJob now introduces Cron Jobs SandBox, which looks exactly like form in Control Panel. You can use Cron Jobs SandBox to check when your cron jobs execute.

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This may be very useful for you! Check it out!

Cron jobs every x days!

From June 2009, SetCronJob began support cron jobs every x days, include every day, every 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 days.

So, from now on, SetCronJob supports:
- Cron jobs every x minutes (x = 5, 10, 15, 20, 30)
- Cron jobs every x hours (x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12)
- Cron jobs every x days (x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10)
- Cron jobs weekly
- Cron jobs monthly
- Cron jobs yearly (who need?)

Happy setting your cron jobs!

How to disable a cron job?

Simply click on Disable icon. Your cron job will be disabled, and no longer be executed.

For Unix/Linux users, you can simply edit your crontab file (using crontab -e), and add # at beginning of cron job line you wanna disable.

For example, you have this cron job:

*/5 * * * * lynx http://example.com/backup.php

And you wanna disable it. Change it into:

#*/5 * * * * lynx http://example.com/backup.php

About SetCronJob

Cron jobs is a good feature in web hosting that allows you to call a URL periodically. It's so useful to back up your files, database, clear temporary files, etc.

Unfortunately, not all web hosting allow you to use cron jobs. Some will suspend your account if it takes too much server load and memory usage.

Go to Set Cron Job, and you'll have a good alternative for cron jobs, include many features:
- You can create 10 - 40 cron jobs
- Minimum interval: 5 minutes
- Simple, fast, easy to use control panel with one click to create, edit & save, delete cron jobs
- One click to change account type and renew cron jobs.
- Cron jobs will expire after one year.

It's also cheap:
- Free account was provided lifetime.
- Upgrade whenever you need more cron jobs.
- Starting price: $5/year

With free account:
- Create up to 5 cron jobs.
- Minimum interval: 10 minutes.
- Cron jobs will expire after 1 months.

Simply goes here: www.setcronjob.com and register an account for free!