View source for Testing /etc/crontab

=Crontab contents=
The commands listed in /etc/crontab are:
* Commands executed daily through anacron, stored in /etc/cron.daily
* Weekly commands in /etc/cron.weekly
* There are currently no monthly commands
* The Backupscript, which is executed daily, but is not in /etc/cron.daily
* A direct call to the reboot command, executed weekly
* Scripts used by the Fedora media management application, which is probably used by the Key to Nature project (see documentation here: http://biowikifarm.net/meta/Definition_specs_for_Fedora_Ingestion_Service)

=Testing the cron scripts=
/etc/crontab can be tested using the run-parts command

To list the commands that would have been run daily:
<pre>
run-parts --list /etc/cron.daily
</pre>

To test (without executing them) the commands that would have been run daily:
<pre>
run-parts --test /etc/cron.daily
</pre>

To run the commands that would have been run daily, with verbose output:
<pre>
run-parts -v /etc/cron.daily
</pre>

Weekly and Monthly commands can be tested the same way.

=Testing other scripts called in crontab=
Backupscripts other commands not in /etc/cron.xxx have to be tested by hand. Please make sure that you are using the corresponding user account and have set any environment variables required.

=Current status=
;21 November 2014
:Logrotate is not functioning correctly.