What do I put for the Cron Job command?

Linux Web Hosting

The following commands are only compatible with Linux hosting plans. These plans include dedicated shared , reseller , VPS and Linux servers.

Note: These commands will not work on Windows Hosting or VPS packages with Plesk.

The commands provided below are examples of typical script locations. The bolded sections within each command should be replaced with your cPanel username and script name.

Note: You may need to set / home / to / home # / depending on the home directory in which your account resides. To view your account's home directory, simply view the statistics column on your account's cPanel home page and look for the home directory.

PHP

EasyApache 4

Command to run a PHP 7.2 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 7.1 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 7.0 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php70/root/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 5.6 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php56/root/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 5.5 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 5.4 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php54/root/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

EasyApache 3

Command to run a PHP 7.0 cron job:

/opt/php70/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 5.6 cron job:

/opt/php56/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 5.5 cron job:

/opt/php55/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 5.4 cron job:

/opt/php54/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 5.3 cron job:

/opt/php53/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to run a PHP 5.2 cron job:

/opt/php52/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Optional flags are sometimes required for a PHP cron job.:

php -q /home/username/public_html/cron.php

Command to use a specific php.ini file:

php -c /home/username/public_html/php.ini /home/username/public_html/myscript.php

Command to GET a remote file:

/usr/bin/GET http://www.example.com/file.php

Perl

Command to execute a CGI cron job:

perl /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/file.pl

SSH

Command to run a code script cron job:

/bin/sh /home/username/public_html/file.sh

MySQL

Command to import a database:

mysql -u mysql_user -ppassword database_name < backup.sql

Command to export a database:

mysqldump -u mysql_user -ppassword database_name > backup.sql