Run Cron Job without Crontab

[thimma11]

Hi, kinda stupid question, but is it possible to run cron jobs without creating a cronjob in linux (crontab -e). Otherwise, why would you specify the schedule in the cron class, altough it's already specified in the cronjob itself?

[maxim-kht]

Hi @thimma11, no, it is not possible - in order for django-cron to work, it needs cronjob to execute it.
Specifying the schedule in the cron classes allows you to put all the logic regarding scheduling your Django tasks into a module inside Django. Otherwise you would need to manually create cron command and Django management command for each task you want to execute separately.