Is it possible to see if cron jobs are working?

[Tarzan]

Hi!

I'm wondering if it's possible to see if the cron job deamon is working as it should?
I suspect that cron jobs stopped working for me on Starka three days ago, but I haven't seen any one else with this problem. If I knew that the cron deamon was working I would surely put more effort into debugging. Or if it didn't, I would just wait for it to be fixed.

 

[descalzo]

/usr/bin/php /home/XXXXX/public_html/crontest.php >> /home/solomon/public_html/cronlog.txt 2>&1

as a cron command line will put all output, including system errors, into cronlog.txt

If crontest.php doesn't exist, that will show up in the log too. If the cron daemon is running.

I just tested. Apparently it isn't running on chopin (the one I can test).

EDIT/ADD:

Apparently they just restarted the daemons. Chopin crons are working now.

 

[Tarzan]

It seems like my cron jobs started working too. Thanks (to whoever fixed it).

I mean, there is no way to distinguish between an error in the entered cron command and if the cron deamon isn't running?
So if I have a working cron job that suddenly stops working, the best thing is to post a thread about it? (As long as I don't find any other information about it.)

 

[Anna]

If you didn't change anything between the point it worked and when it stopped working, it'd be more likely to be a server side problem then a command problem.

If you made any changes, try to retrace the steps and undo the changes first.

 

[Tarzan]

Ok, thanks for the replies.

Since cron jobs are back in business I close this thread.