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Cron
"Cron is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. The name cron comes from the word "chronos", Greek for "time". Cron enables users to schedule jobs (commands or shell scripts) to run periodically at certain times or dates"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
Tiki doesn't require the use of cron, even if starting in Tiki5, it is possible to use cron jobs to offload some work.
Changing tracker item status
In Tiki6, tracker item status can be changed after a period of inactivity, etc. Seehttp://doc.tiki.org/Batch#Trackers
Email sending from Daily reports
Using tiki-user_send_reports.phpSee Daily reports
Email sending from Newslettters
Using tiki-bach_send_newsletter.phpSee Newsletters and
http://doc.tiki.org/Newsletter+User#Sending_newsletters_with_a_cron_batch_job
Updating advanced rating
Using a custom php script as described inhttp://doc.tiki.org/Advanced+Rating#Appendix
See Advanced Rating
Search
In Tiki9 there is a shell script for use in cron tasks etc for search index maintenanceNote:
Keep in mind that some webhosts don't allow you set up a cron, and that's why Tiki9 is expected to include another system to manage cronjob calls in a tiki site, in order to allow cron jobs in external servers with a special security token.
Cron job | Cron tab | Cron jobs | Cron tabs | Cronjobs | Crontabs | Cronjob | Crontab
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