CRON

Log cron output and errors to file

* * * * * myjob.sh >> /var/log/myjob.log 2>&1
* * * * * myjob.sh >> /var/log/myjob_`date +\%Y\%m\%d_\%H\%M`.log 2>&1

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Cron config location

/var/spool/cron/crontabs/

Cron logs location

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Cron logs to separate log

Enable cron.log in /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf and restart rsyslog.

To use docker-compose exec in cron use -T

To avoid this error: "The input device is not a TTY".

/usr/bin/docker-compose --file /opt/sentry/docker-compose.yml exec -T worker sentry cleanup --days 30 >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1