running a cron command from crontab

Question

I am probably barking mad here but...

in crontab I have the line

12 3 * * * ~/webapps/projectname/projectname/credit_check.py

how can I drive this to see what happens at runtime?

Answer 1

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If you mean you want to see the result of the script when it runs, then change your crontab to include some output redirection, like this:

12 3 * * * ~/webapps/projectname/projectname/credit_check.py >> ~/logs/user/cron.log 2>&1

If you do that, any output (expected or otherwise) will be logged to ~/logs/user/cron.log.

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answered 07 Sep '12, 11:24

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