How to start the execution of an arbitrary task in Bitrix at a certain time with a certain interval?

Question

1C-Bitrix

In /home/bitrix/ext_www/sitename/bitrix/php_interface added a php file discounts with a single line for sending a letter (not a letter should be sent at all, but nevertheless) after which the line in crontab.cfg

mail('[email protected]', 'Удалось включить');

*/1 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f /home/bitrix/ext_www/sitename/bitrix/php_interface/discounts.php

assuming that now it will start sending an email to me every minute

but nothing works... Explain why

Answer 1

How to start the execution of an arbitrary task in Bitrix at a certain time with a certain interval?

Bitrix has a whole functionality called Agents for this.