Dumb Q - What is a cron job?

[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