List all users and their cron jobs
for user in $(cut -f1 -d: /etc/passwd); do echo $user; crontab -u $user -l; done
Restart cron
/etc/init.d/ cron restart
Find running / clashing cron processes
ps aux | grep $(cat /var/run/crond.pid)
Kill cron process
kill -9 $(cat /var/run/crond.pid)
Add cron run
crontab -e
add to the bottom to add job for WordPress each minute (Stop email notification add “MAILTO=”” to top)
*/1 * * * * curl -I http://example.org/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron
Read mail (confirm cron jobs running)
cat /var/spool/mail/root
Delete mail tail
> /var/mail/username
cron times
@hourly or 0 * * * *
@daily or 0 0 * * *
@weekly or 0 0 * * 0
@monthly or 0 0 1 * *
@yearly or 0 0 1 1 *
and of course @reboot