Dumb Q - What is a cron job?

[LeRoy]

Originally Posted by cd34

cron is a utility for executing a task at a particular time.

If I recall, Blogs automator has a suggested entry of a few cron lines that need to be added. If you are comfortable with ssh, you can do that, or, you can use the cron job entry in your control panel (advanced will allow you to just paste in their entries).

Hi Cd34,

Can the cron be used with quickbooks and X-Cart?

I have a client "CN2 Data" that wants the orders from the cart automatically entered into quickbooks.

Can the cron feature do this?

[cd34]

Originally Posted by D2222

Hi Cd34,

Can the cron be used with quickbooks and X-Cart?

I have a client "CN2 Data" that wants the orders from the cart automatically entered into quickbooks.

Can the cron feature do this?

cron could do an export on a 'scheduled' basis from xcart (I think xcart's quickbook export feature is called from a script) and then the output attached to an email, but, having it automatically update quickbooks may not work.

the .iif format is well documented so, that's not an issue, but, they would still have to possibly doubleclick the attachment or go into quickbooks and hit 'import'

[LeRoy]

Originally Posted by cd34

cron could do an export on a 'scheduled' basis from xcart (I think xcart's quickbook export feature is called from a script) and then the output attached to an email, but, having it automatically update quickbooks may not work.

the .iif format is well documented so, that's not an issue, but, they would still have to possibly doubleclick the attachment or go into quickbooks and hit 'import'

Thanks cd34.

Helpful as always