cronjob.ini

Written by Balazs Halasy, 02/23/2005 Updated 11/05/2026 by Graham Brookins Maintainers: Frederik Holljen, Svitlana Shatokhina

[CronjobPart-group_of_tasks]

Setting	Summary
Scripts	Specifies the cronjob scripts that will be executed for this cronjob part.

[CronjobPart-unlock]

Setting	Summary
Scripts	this setting relates to the new object states system

[CronjobSettings]

Setting	Summary
ExtensionDirectories	Sets one or multiple extension directories that may contain cronjobs.
ScriptDirectories	Sets one or multiple directories that may contain cronjobs.
Scripts	Specifies the cronjob scripts that will be executed.

[linkCheckSettings]

Setting	Summary
SiteURL	Sets the site URLs to use when validating internal links by the linkcheck cronjob.

Added for Exponential 6.0.15: groups

The groups of settings/cronjob.ini in Exponential 6.0.15 that the 4.x reference did not describe:

Group	Summary
[AdminSettings]
[CrontabSettings]
[PauseSettings]
[ScriptDocumentation]
[CronjobPart-infrequent]
[CronjobPart-frequent]
[CronjobPart-contentcheck]	The reference index of the content checks on its own: php runcronjobs.php contentcheck.
[CronjobPart-contentjobs]
[CronjobPart-datatable]	The data table synchronisations on their own: php runcronjobs.php datatable
[CronjobPart-audit]	The audit on its own: php runcronjobs.php audit (doc/eng-us/bc/6.0/audit.md)
[CronjobPart-graphqlwebhooks]	The GraphQL webhooks on their own, for a shorter interval than the frequent group's: php runcronjobs.php graphqlwebhooks (doc/eng-us/features/6.0/graphql.md, ...
[CronjobPart-logs]	The logs: rotate those over their MaxSize, prune and compress their archives (doc/eng-us/features/6.0/log-rotation.md).
[CronjobPart-notification]	The notification filter on its own: php runcronjobs.php notification (doc/eng-us/features/6.0/notifications.md)
[CronjobPart-mailpreferences]	The e-mail preferences retention on its own: php runcronjobs.php mailpreferences
[CronjobPart-migrationpush]	The migration runs whose push failed, pushed again to the migrations repository's remote (migration.ini [RepositorySettings]): php runcronjobs.php ...
[CronjobPart-staticpublish]	Static publishing (staticcache.ini [StaticPublishSettings]): the targets whose publish could not be pushed, pushed again, never forced; the pages changed by a ...
[CronjobPart-mailbounces]	The bounce mailbox on its own: php runcronjobs.php mailbounces
[CronjobPart-usersessions]	The signed-in sessions on their own: php runcronjobs.php usersessions (doc/eng-us/features/6.0/user-sessions.md)
[CronjobPart-useraudit]	The user audit log's retention on its own: php runcronjobs.php useraudit (doc/eng-us/features/6.0/user-audit.md)
[CronjobPart-exphelp]	Help maintained as content on its own: php runcronjobs.php exphelp (doc/eng-us/features/6.0/help-content.md)
[CronjobPart-cluster_maintenance]
[CronjobPart-cleanuprss]	Trims what the RSS import has created.
[CronjobPart-cache_cleanup]	Removes view cache and cache-block files that have expired or grown old; without it they stay on disk until the same key is generated again.
[CacheCleanupSettings]

In this section

[AdminSettings] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The group [AdminSettings] of settings/cronjob.ini. File settings/...
[CrontabSettings] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The group [CrontabSettings] of settings/cronjob.ini. File setting...
[PauseSettings] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The group [PauseSettings] of settings/cronjob.ini. File settings/...
[ScriptDocumentation] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The group [ScriptDocumentation] of settings/cronjob.ini. File set...
[CronjobPart-infrequent] Available before Exponential 6: the 4.x kernel had it already; the 4.x reference had no page for it. Summary The group [CronjobPart-infrequent] of setti...
[CronjobPart-frequent] Available before Exponential 6: the 4.x kernel had it already; the 4.x reference had no page for it. Summary The group [CronjobPart-frequent] of setting...
[CronjobPart-contentcheck] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The reference index of the content checks on its own: php runcronjobs...
[CronjobPart-contentjobs] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The group [CronjobPart-contentjobs] of settings/cronjob.ini. File...
[CronjobPart-datatable] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The data table synchronisations on their own: php runcronjobs.php dat...
[CronjobPart-audit] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The audit on its own: php runcronjobs.php audit (doc/eng-us/bc/6.0/au...
[CronjobPart-graphqlwebhooks] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The GraphQL webhooks on their own, for a shorter interval than the fr...
[CronjobPart-logs] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The logs: rotate those over their MaxSize, prune and compress their a...
[CronjobPart-notification] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The notification filter on its own: php runcronjobs.php notification...
[CronjobPart-mailpreferences] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The e-mail preferences retention on its own: php runcronjobs.php mail...
[CronjobPart-migrationpush] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The migration runs whose push failed, pushed again to the migrations...
[CronjobPart-staticpublish] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary Static publishing (staticcache.ini [StaticPublishSettings]): the targ...
[CronjobPart-mailbounces] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The bounce mailbox on its own: php runcronjobs.php mailbounces Fil...
[CronjobPart-usersessions] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The signed-in sessions on their own: php runcronjobs.php usersessions...
[CronjobPart-useraudit] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The user audit log's retention on its own: php runcronjobs.php userau...
[CronjobPart-exphelp] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary Help maintained as content on its own: php runcronjobs.php exphelp (d...
[CronjobPart-cluster_maintenance] Available before Exponential 6: the 4.x kernel had it already; the 4.x reference had no page for it. Summary The group [CronjobPart-cluster_maintenance]...
[CronjobPart-cleanuprss] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary Trims what the RSS import has created. Does nothing until content.ini...
[CronjobPart-cache_cleanup] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary Removes view cache and cache-block files that have expired or grown o...
[CacheCleanupSettings] Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet). Summary The group [CacheCleanupSettings] of settings/cronjob.ini. File se...

Contributors

Balazs Halasy Author 02/23/2005
Svitlana Shatokhina Maintainer
Frederik Holljen Maintainer
Graham Brookins Updated 11/05/2026

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