Open crontab log --Ubuntu

Turn on crontab logging -- Ubuntu

crontab does not execute opening day by default. First open the log load of the scheduled task to view

Modify rsyslog service, delete the # before #cron.* in the /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf file;

restart the rsyslog service:

service rsyslog restart

Restart the crontab service:

service cron restart



Check the status of crontab

service cron status



crontab -e





crontab -l

Timing format:
minute hour day month week command
such as:
0 0 * * * /bin/bash /usr/local/nginx/sbin/cut-log.sh



Modify the crontab default editor to vi or other editors

Method 1:

export EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim" ; crontab -e

Method 2:

Execute the command: select-editor