How to setup cron for updating membership statuses in cPanel
I've expanded Kainuk's SOLUTION here (thanks Kainuk!):  To start executing civicrm jobs without doing them one-time-only as done with Sheduled Jobs List (Civicrm > Administer > System Settings > Scheduled Jobs), then its easiest just to install drupal's module, civicrm_cron and it will automatically start executing the jobs on your scheduled jobs list. This is much easier than doing this at the command line or inside of cPanel. For even finer grain control of your scheduled jobs, you can use elysia cron.