Cron Jobs

[rizla]

Hi,

So i've read on the forums that having a cron job is allowed for free users as long as they are at least at 5 minute intervals. Now, mine keep getting removed, is this intentional? I'd like my java created mysql db to be in sync with the one on the site, since there is no replication possible, i figured to do it through ftp / cron. If updating mysql in this way isn't allowed, are there other possibilities?

regards,

Rizla

[Anna]

The only reason they'd be deleted would be if they run closer then 5 minutes of each others.

Note that if you have two crons there must still be at least five minutes in between them;
cron 1 run: 5, 15, 25, 35 etc - cron 2 run: 0, 10, 20, 30 etc <- would work, as they alternate every 5 minutes.

cron 1 run: 5, 15, 25, 35 etc - cron 2 run: 7, 17, 27, 37 etc <- would NOT work, as cron 2 would attempt running only 2 minutes after cron 1 was run.

[rizla]

This was very informative, thank you.