cron.php : MAX_CRON_TIME

[MobileCS]

I'm having troubles understanding what the "10" means in this line :

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define('MAX_CRON_TIME', 10);
I want to manually call cron.php in my crontab, does that mean I shouldn't call the file any more than once every 10 minutes?

If you are running this from proper cron, make sure you don't run this file any more frequently than indicated here. It might turn ugly if you do.

There is no mention of that that XX number stands for.

[live627]

Limit runtime of the task runner to ten (10) seconds.

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    // Check we haven't run over our time limit.
    if (microtime(true) - TIME_START > MAX_CRON_TIME)
        return false;https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/blob/2148c43e378b07df7bbad850847b0e660a604783/cron.php#L167-L169

[MobileCS]

Thank you, then it's safe to call the cron.php file every minute from crontab then.

[vbgamer45]

Yes it is.