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<span style="margin-bottom:5px;font-size:25px;color: #31799F;">CRON - Configuration detail</span>

This page adds more detail to the basic [[Coral: cron intro|Cron page]]. It covers additional user configuration and paths to appropriate files.


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==User Cron script-configuration==
Generally there is no need to edit the Cron script! However there is a user configuration section where you can disable logging or change the basic tick rate.

Open file: UniServer\uni_con\cron\'''run_cron.vbs'''<br />
Locate this section:

<pre>
'*** User configuration *******************************************************

 logging   = true           'true = Enable logging false = disable logging
 cron_time = 60             'Set cron time (tick) in seconds. Default 60=1 Min
 cron_loop = cron_time      'Set equal allows immediate first time run

'*************************************************** End User configuration ***
</pre>
Changing cron_time also changes the resolution time. Sixty seconds is a good compromise and ideal for testing scripts and running a production server.


==Test Scripts==

Three test files have been included and pre-configured in Cron’s configuration file. Each is a simple command-line script creating a text file when run.

* UniServer\uni_con\cron\cron_test\'''test_cron_1.bat''' File created: UniServer\uni_con\cron\cron_test\'''test_cron_1_result.txt'''
* UniServer\uni_con\cron\cron_test\'''test_cron_2.vbs''' File created: UniServer\uni_con\cron\cron_test\'''test_cron_2_result.txt'''
* UniServer\uni_con\cron\cron_test\'''test_cron_3.php''' File created: UniServer\uni_con\cron\cron_test\'''test_cron_3_result.txt'''


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==Where to next==

[[Coral: cron portable design|CRON - Portable Design]]

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