# Cron jobs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cron-jobs/196220>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 6, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cron-jobs/196220 "2006-08-06T23:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Paul\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Mr\_Paul\_Jones](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mr_Paul_Jones)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cron-jobs/196220/1 "2006-08-06T23:41:19Z")

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How do I know when a web host allows cron jobs without asking them?  
Does it come under anything like “[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-3]Custom CGI [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-3](Perl & PHP)”? Or will I just have to ask them?[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[SIZE=1]Thanks[/SIZE]