How to check cron logs in UBuntu

Question

I went to /var/log/cron but this file is empty.

How to check if crontab is enabled or is running properly or not in ubuntu

thanks

Answer 1

If you want to want to know if it's running you can do something like sudo status cron or ps aux | grep cron.

If you want to know if your cron jobs are running, check /var/log/syslog with the process name cron. For example:

Apr 26 21:17:01 example CRON[18055]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)

Answer 2

By default the cron log in ubuntu is located at /var/log/syslog. Use the below command to check the cron entries in this file.

grep cron /var/log/syslog