CentOS - Nov 2019 - Cron - log when job ends?

Hello,

In trying to resolve a problem with a cron job, we can see when the job starts
by looking in the /var/log/cron log file. However, I was asked if when the job
ends could also be logged. (It seems to be something that crops up every so
often over the years.)

I found on the 'net this article
https://serverfault.com/questions/248915/crontab-is-there-any-log-with-begin-and-end-time

which mentions a loglevel (-L) option, and by setting this to 2 it will log
when a cron job ends. It sounds great, and just what we could use. The downside
is that there seems to be no such option anymore. The article is several years
old but the users says they are using anacron. Checking on both a CentOS 7 and
Fedora 31 system, which both use cronie-anacron, I could find no mention of any
loglevel.

Does anyone know what happened to this option (why it was removed)? It would
seem to be useful, but removed at some time.



Thanks,

John.

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Hallo, 
I think the right way is to add logging into the script with all details for
debug and and monitoring.
Ralf

Von meinem iPhone gesendet
> Am 15.11.2019 um 18:55 schrieb John Horne <john.horne at
plymouth.ac.uk>:
> 
> ?Hello,
> 
> In trying to resolve a problem with a cron job, we can see when the job
starts
> by looking in the /var/log/cron log file. However, I was asked if when the
job
> ends could also be logged. (It seems to be something that crops up every so
> often over the years.)
> 
> I found on the 'net this article
>
https://serverfault.com/questions/248915/crontab-is-there-any-log-with-begin-and-end-time
> 
> which mentions a loglevel (-L) option, and by setting this to 2 it will log
> when a cron job ends. It sounds great, and just what we could use. The
downside
> is that there seems to be no such option anymore. The article is several
years
> old but the users says they are using anacron. Checking on both a CentOS 7
and
> Fedora 31 system, which both use cronie-anacron, I could find no mention of
any
> loglevel.
> 
> Does anyone know what happened to this option (why it was removed)? It
would
> seem to be useful, but removed at some time.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John.
> 
> --
> John Horne | Senior Operations Analyst | Technology and Information
Services
> University of Plymouth | Drake Circus | Plymouth | Devon | PL4 8AA | UK
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