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If they used Systemd, we could actually check the logs for when it ran last.
by pkulak 5y ago
If they used Systemd, we could actually check the logs for when it ran last.
- mmh0000 5y agoI know you're being funny, but for those who don't know, cron has a log. /var/log/cron on RHEL and SLES systems: # cat /var/log/cron Aug 1 03:47:18 ssds9 run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[19200]: finished logrotate Aug 1 03:47:18 ssds9 run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[19068]: starting man-db.cron Aug 1 03:47:19 ssds9 run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[19211]: finished man-db.cron Aug 1 03:47:19 ssds9 run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[19068]: starting rpmdiff.sh Aug 1 03:47:44 ssds9 run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[19225]: finished rpmdiff.sh Aug 1 03:47:44 ssds9 anacron[18489]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (produced output) Aug 1 03:50:01 ssds9 CROND[19260]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib64/sa/sa1 1 1) Aug 1 04:00:01 ssds9 CROND[19384]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib64/sa/sa1 1 1) Aug 1 04:01:01 ssds9 CROND[19403]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Aug 1 04:01:02 ssds9 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[19403]: starting 0anacron Aug 1 04:01:02 ssds9 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[19412]: finished 0anacron