Virtual Dedicated Server Question

Question

Hi

I have a Virtual Dedicated Server, how can I run an application periodically (ie: every Monday - 19:00). I mean, the application starts automatically at a given time.

Is there any way to do it with Java, Ajax, PHP? (sorry, I'm noob)

Answer 1

You can create scheduled tasks in windows and cron jobs in linux/*nix like systems. If you can run programs on the server and want to use java you can use timers to schedule your task - here is a simple example.

Answer 2

I'm assuming your server is linux. You may be able to do this with webmin. You will need to use command line to install webmin and setting up a crontab from command line is really not that hard to do.

Here is a tutorial for crontab. http://www.linuxweblog.com/crotab-tutorial

What OS does the server run?