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<h4>Automatically running the script every 5 minutes</h4>
<p>On Unix systems: Use <b>cron</b>. Edit your cron settings from the commandline
<p><b>On Unix systems</b>: Use <b>cron</b>. Edit your cron settings from the commandline
using &quot;crontab -e&quot; and add a line like:</p>
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<pre>*/5 * * * * wget -q -O /dev/null http://example.com/moodle/admin/cron.php</pre>
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<p>On Windows systems: The simplest way is to use this little package <a href="http://moodle.org/download/moodle-cron-for-windows.zip" title="Click to download this package (150k)" target="_blank">moodle-cron-for-windows.zip</a>
<p>Usually, the "crontab" command will put you into the 'vi' editor. You enter
"insert mode" by pressing "i", then type in the line as above, then exit insert mode by
pressing ESC. You save and exit by typing ":wq", or quit with saving using ":q!" (without the quotes).</p>
<p><b>On Windows systems</b>: The simplest way is to use this little package <a href="http://moodle.org/download/moodle-cron-for-windows.zip" title="Click to download this package (150k)" target="_blank">moodle-cron-for-windows.zip</a>
which makes this whole thing very easy. You can also explore using the built-in
Windows feature for "Scheduled Tasks".</p>
<p>On web hosts: Your web-based control panel may have a web page that allows