I created this test bash script
#! /bin/bash
echo "hello"
mkdir "/karan/washere"
cron job i created, i want to run this cron job to run every min and want the log
#testing if cron job workes or not
1 * * * * /user/local/bin/bash /root/test.sh &> /root/crontest.log
I am signed in the droplet as root user
I also have given the permission for the script, using
sudo chmod u+x test.sh
I tried to log the syslog using
sudo grep CRON /var/log/syslog
but didn’t show there also,
let me know if you need any more info or other context,
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Hey @karanmjanthe,
You’ve set the cron job to run every hour at the first minute rather than every minute.
Every minute will be * * * * *. Give it a try and see how it’s going
Hello @karanmjanthe
At the current configuration the cron-job should run At minute 1 every hour.
To run a cron-job every minute you can set the following the crontab
* * * * *
You can use the following site to manage the crontab
https://crontab.guru/every-minute
Regards