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Where are the CRON logs?

William Persico
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Question

Where are the CRON logs located?

 

Answer

The CRON logs are located within /var/log/ with the name cron:

[root@ ~]# ls -lah /var/log/cron
-rw------- 1 root root 591K Jun 9 00:02 /var/log/cron
[root@ ~]#

The CRON logs rotate, so they could also be found having a date at the end:

[root@ ~]# ls -lah /var/log | grep cron
-rw------- 1 root root 592K Jun 9 00:04 cron
-rw------- 1 root root 1.3M May 16 03:19 cron-20210516
-rw------- 1 root root 1.3M May 23 03:47 cron-20210523
-rw------- 1 root root 1.4M May 30 03:40 cron-20210530
-rw------- 1 root root 1.5M Jun 6 03:16 cron-20210606
[root@ ~]#

 

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