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An administrator can schedule routine tasks very precisely from ''Administration > Site administration > Server > Scheduled tasks.'' | |||
An administrator can schedule routine tasks very precisely from ''Administration>Site administration>Server>Scheduled tasks.'' | |||
(Note that you still need to run the CRON scripts (\admin\cli\cron.php or http:\\yoursite\admin\cron.php) at regular intervals.The script is best run every minute.) | (Note that you still need to run the CRON scripts (\admin\cli\cron.php or http:\\yoursite\admin\cron.php) at regular intervals.The script is best run every minute.) | ||
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New scheduled tasks in Moodle 2.8 onwards are: | |||
* Update all installed language packs | |||
* Cleanup of unverified incoming email | |||
* Incoming email pickup | |||
* Removing any unnecessary event monitor events | |||
==Format for scheduling tasks== | ==Format for scheduling tasks== | ||
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2,5 is the second and 5th of the month, or February and May, or Tuesday and Friday. | 2,5 is the second and 5th of the month, or February and May, or Tuesday and Friday. | ||
[[es:Tareas agendadas]] | [[es:Tareas agendadas]] | ||
[[de:Geplante Vorgänge]] | [[de:Geplante Vorgänge]] | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 29 October 2014
An administrator can schedule routine tasks very precisely from Administration > Site administration > Server > Scheduled tasks.
(Note that you still need to run the CRON scripts (\admin\cli\cron.php or http:\\yoursite\admin\cron.php) at regular intervals.The script is best run every minute.)
Clicking the edit icon allows the administrator to specify the minute/hour/day/month or day of the week the task is to be run. It is also possible to reset the task to its default setting or disable it completely.
New scheduled tasks in Moodle 2.8 onwards are:
- Update all installed language packs
- Cleanup of unverified incoming email
- Incoming email pickup
- Removing any unnecessary event monitor events
Format for scheduling tasks
When typing into the fields, the format is the same as for Unix cron. Examples are as follows and are according to which field you are editing:
* is every minute, hour, day, month */2 is every two minutes, every two hours or every second day 2-10 is every minute between two and ten past the hour or every hour between 2 and 10 am 0 is every Sunday 1 is every Monday or every January 2,5 is the second and 5th of the month, or February and May, or Tuesday and Friday.
