Hi, I'm the technical consultant for a site hosted by Network Solutions®. The package we have is the nsHosting Shared (Small-Unix). I'd like to find out how to configure/setup cron jobs, or how to access the crontab program.

cron jobs are configured by selecting nsHosting -> Toolbox -> Scheduled Tasks (down toward the bottom of the page under Configurations). Your cron jobs are limited to a 5 minute execution time and you may not run a task more frequently than twice per hour. There is no mechanism to interact directly with cron with your own crontab file.

Thanks, this looks helpful. Just to confirm, I can have a PHP script as the command to run?

Absolutely! You may have to set the file permissions to 775 which is not necessary for php scripts run directly within your site. You should also enable logging so you can track errors: nsHosting -> Site Stats -> Raw Log Files.

Hi there,

I have a Windows hosting package and I cannot see the Scheduled Tasks on the panel, where can I found it?

Thanks a lot!!

We currently offer Scheduled Tasks (aka cron jobs) on Unix hosting pacages.

But, in your page says otherwise! In other options where is not applicable to windows package is specified(Only Unix) or (Only Windows). In one phone call one of Support people tell us that this option is available also on Windows Packages..

I apologize for the confusion. I will submit for a correction to our site to clarify that we offer cron jobs (scheduled tasks) on Unix hosting packages only. I will also forward your concern about being misinformed when you called.