Should SimGames.net Offer a Crontab?

[KStange]

SimGames.net has the capability to offer crontabs which allow users to run certain processes on a regular schedule automatically. For example, you could use the crontab to automatically run a script that regenerates some type of statistics once per hour, every day. I would like to find out from members whether this is something you would like to have available for your sites to use.

Please vote in the poll and post your comments!

[Allowee]

The thing with crontab is it's syntax.

cron is more designed for advance users.
if there are people that put *'s everywhere by mistake it could make the load so high that the server might crash.

but I'm for creating the crontabs by people that know how it works, just like you did for me

[KStange]

The crontab in this case is actually handled by the H-Sphere control panel, so it should allow the user more intuitive control over what they're doing.

[KStange]

I realize the vote is 50/50 for crontab, but I am going to interpret this as "50% of members would find having a crontab useful." and that's enough to make it worthwhile.

It'll be available for members to use this afternoon.

[frthmeb]

could someone post a crontab tutorial? i know they are popular, but i dont know how to use them

[Simsimius]

what r they?

[vynum]

A major part of Perl scripts may require cron while others are coded for other alternatives. But the answer is quiet easy, YES. You should impliment cron. For the people that don't know what cron is, it is kind of the equivilent of the Windows "Task Manager". really not comparible but an easier way to understand its function.

[frthmeb]

I know how to use cron at shell and what not... but where in HSphere is the location to add tasks?