Crontab
tasks
can
now
be
managed
from
the
control
panel.
To
access
the
crontab
management
functions,
click
the
CRONTAB
MANAGER
button
on
the
Server
administration
page.
The
Crontab
management
page
will
open.
On
this
page,
you
can
view
crontab
tasks
of
various
system
users,
set
the
email
address
for
the
crontab
messages
to
be
sent,
add
new
tasks
and
remove
them.
The
Show
Crontab
of:
drop-down
box
indicates
the
system
user,
whose
scheduled
tasks
are
currently
displayed.
It
also
allows
to
select
another
system
user
to
view
and/or
manage
scheduled
tasks
that
belong
to
that
user.
Each
line
in
the
crontab
task
list
represents
a
single
task.
The
Status
(S)
column
shows
whether
the
selected
task
is
enabled
or
disabled
(the
disabled
tasks
are
not
executed).
The
Command
column
contains
the
command
that
is
executed
within
the
selected
task
and
serves
as
a
link
to
the
page
that
allows
editing
the
selected
scheduled
task
properties.
The
task
list
can
be
sorted
by
its
parameters
in
ascending
or
descending
order.
To
sort
the
task
list,
click
on
the
name
of
the
sorting
parameter.
An
arrow
will
show
the
order
of
sorting.
The
sorting
criteria
are:
- (S)tatus
- (M)inute
- (H)our
- (DM) Day of the Month
- (M)onth
- (DW) Day of the Week
- Command
You
have
an
option
of
searching
through
the
list
for
a
certain
pattern.
It
may
help
you
in
case
you
have
a
great
number
of
items
in
the
list
and
you
need
to
work
with
a
particular
one.
To
search
through
the
list,
type
the
pattern
string
into
the
text
input
field
and
click
SEARCH.
If
there
were
any
items
found
matching
the
entered
pattern
string,
they
will
all
be
displayed
in
the
form
of
a
reduced
list.
The
button
SHOW
ALL
will
revert
to
displaying
the
whole
list.
To
add
a
new
task
to
the
list,
follow
these
steps:
- Click the ADD button on the Crontab management page. You will be taken to the crontab record creation/editing page.
- Choose the status of the scheduled task by clicking the ON/OFF button. The current status is displayed by the corresponding icon.
- Specify the date and time for the task to be executed: Minute - enter the value from 0 to 59 or *, Hour - enter the value from 0 to 23 or *, Day of the Month - enter the value from 1 to 31 or *, Month - enter the value from 1 to 12 or *, Day of the Week - enter the value from 0 to 6 (0 is Sunday) or *.
- Type in the command to be executed in the Command input field.
- Click UPDATE.
To
delete
one
or
more
items
from
the
list,
check
the
corresponding
checkboxes
and
click
the
REMOVE
SELECTED
button.
To
set
crontab
to
send
the
messages
to
a
specified
e-mail
address,
enter
the
e-mail
address
into
the
Send
crontab
messages
to
address:
text
input
field
and
click
SET.
All
scheduled
tasks
from
the
displayed
list
that
output
some
information
will
automatically
have
their
output
sent
to
the
specified
address.
The
""
entry
in
this
field
specifies
that
the
sending
the
crontab
messages
option
is
disabled.
