ref – http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4811738/cron-job-log-how-to-log
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15395479/why-ive-got-no-crontab-entry-on-os-x-when-using-vim
Getting started with Cron
- In Terminal: crontab -e.
- Press i to go into vim’s insert mode.
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Type your cron job, for example:
30 * * * * /Users/rickytsao/Desktop/run_email_to_admin >> /Users/rickytsao/Desktop/chron-log.txt
- Press Esc to exit vim’s insert mode.
- Type ZZ (must be capital letters).
- You should see the following message: crontab: installing new crontab. You can verify the crontab file by using crontab -l.
Logging Cron jobs
30 * * * * /Users/rickytsao/Desktop/run_email_to_admin >> /Users/rickytsao/Desktop/chron-log.txt