Cron Job In Cpanel. Want To Automate Backups
I have been doing some research and I would love some help with this. I want to set up a cron to automatically backup my site's files & databases once a month. And I am not sure what how I do it?
- Do I need a script on my server and then the cron job runs it?
- Is there a better way to do this then cron?
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