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CRON is a service provided by most hosting solutions – including **Godaddy, Dreamhost, Hostgator**, etc... that allows you to run scheduled jobs that perform regular cleanups, backups or other scripts that need to run from time to time.\\ | CRON is a service provided by most hosting solutions – including **Godaddy, Dreamhost, Hostgator**, etc... that allows you to run scheduled jobs that perform regular cleanups, backups or other scripts that need to run from time to time.\\ | ||
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+ | ==== Why do you need a CRON Job? ==== | ||
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+ | CRON jobs are tasks that run at scheduled times, where usually this is a service offered by the hosting provider. These tasks make sure that certain extension tasks run at a specific time. | ||
+ | This way you make sure that for instance your users get the notifications about upcoming expiring auctions or information regarding their watchlists. | ||
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+ | CRON jobs are required to keep an extension working properly. For detailed information about what each component needs a CRON for, check the detailed link at the bottom of this article. | ||
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