14.8 Verifying Job
SchedulesMerely verifying the job schedule is not enough to prove that Cron will
schedule the command to run at that time. If you have submitted your crontab
file past the time the command is scheduled to run,
nothing would have been scheduled. Use the crontab -v command to check
the crontab submission time as shown in Figure 121:
Figure 121: The crontab -v Command
The /appl/program is scheduled to run at 1:30 p.m. everyday. The crontab file is submitted at 1:07 p.m. The time now is 1:57 p.m. The command should have been scheduled to run. Checking the /data/output file confirms that the /appl/program has been run.
14.10 Removing the
Crontab File