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have a look at the /var/cron/log file, that will tell you if a cronjob has failed / succeded
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have a look at the /var/cron/log file, that will tell you if a cronjob has failed / succeded

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Or another approach is to log *.debug to well watched file
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Or another approach is to log *.debug to well watched file

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Is there a way to get a report of which execution of a cron did not happen as planned?<br />
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Example: I have a cron job thats scheduled to execute every 5 minutes.<br />
I would like to know if it did run once every 5th minute or did it execute for the first 4 instances and then on no new executions took place<br />
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Why I need this : I want to use this to monitor if a job is taking more than its scheduled time or hanging.<br />
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Is this approach correct?<br />
Or is there a better way to do this?<br />
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Any pointer will be helpful.<br />
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cheers!<br />
bitnal
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Is there a way to get a report of which execution of a cron did not happen as planned?

Example: I have a cron job thats scheduled to execute every 5 minutes.
I would like to know if it did run once every 5th minute or did it execute for the first 4 instances and then on no new executions took place

Why I need this : I want to use this to monitor if a job is taking more than its scheduled time or hanging.

Is this approach correct?
Or is there a better way to do this?

Any pointer will be helpful.

cheers!
bitnal

cron monitoring

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