Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/06/07 00:34

Jon Slaughter wrote:
>> You may or may not have the ability. It depends on the permissions the
>> host gave you. Some allow cron jobs, some don't.
>
> Now is that really the only way to schedule stuff in a linux enviroment? I
> mentione dthe crond int eh subject cause thats all I know about.
>
> What I'm trying to get at, is it going to be impossible to schedule stuff if
> the host doesn't have it setup to do that? Obviously it can be impossible
> but here I mean in general for most web hosts is it a common thing to allow
> or deny?
>
> Also is there any way to check for schelduling abilities? I have no shell in
> the web host I think... just ftp and http.
>
> oh, wait, I think I do have schelduling abilities... in the control panel
> stuff for the site. I'll have to go check and see as I remember seeing that.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>

As I said - it's all up to the host. Some disable it because abuse can
affect system performance.

And yes, that is the scheduler for Linux. You can probably find some
other programs which emulate it, but cron is built into the system and
works the best. And if they disabled cron, chances are there is a
reason and they would be upset if you tried to bypass it.

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