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One of our client\u00a0have configure a cron job and apparently it doesn’t seems to be working. So in this tutorial we will show you how to\u00a0check your cron logs to determine if a job has run as it\u00a0was scheduled.
\nLogin to your server via SSH.
\nOnce you have login run\u00a0the following command to check the log for the cron script:<\/p>\n

\n
grep \"cronscript.php\" \/var\/log\/cron<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
Don’t forget to replace \u00a0“cronscript.php” with your cron script.
\nAfter that hit Enter<\/strong>\u00a0and the results, if any, will display like below:
\n\"Cron<\/a>
\nCheck the\u00a0outcome, you will see the time and date the cron job has run. This is followed by the server name, cron ID, the cpanel login name, and the command that ran. At the end of the command, you can see the name of the program.
\nIf you don’t know how to configure the cron jobs you can check my post to\u00a0What is cron job and how to set a cron<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of our client\u00a0have configure a cron job and apparently it doesn’t seems to be working. So in this tutorial we will show you how to\u00a0check your cron logs to determine if a job has run as it\u00a0was scheduled. Login to your server via SSH. Once you have login run\u00a0the following command to check the […]<\/p>\n
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