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Scheduling

FileFlux uses cron expressions to schedule recurring file transfer jobs.

Cron Syntax

┌───────── minute (0–59)
│ ┌─────── hour (0–23)
│ │ ┌───── day of month (1–31)
│ │ │ ┌─── month (1–12)
│ │ │ │ ┌─ day of week (0–6, Sun=0)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *

Common Schedules

Expression Description
*/5 * * * * Every 5 minutes
0 * * * * Every hour
0 0 * * * Daily at midnight
0 6 * * 1-5 Weekdays at 6:00 AM
0 0 1 * * First day of every month
0 22 * * * Every day at 10:00 PM

Setting a Schedule

When creating or editing a job:

  1. Enter the cron expression in the Schedule field
  2. The UI shows a human-readable preview
  3. Save the job — scheduling starts immediately

Timezone

All schedules run in the backend server's timezone (default: UTC).

Manual Override

Scheduled jobs can be triggered manually at any time via Run Now. This does not affect the next scheduled execution.