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kentor
kentor

Reputation: 18524

Append new lines to cronjob's output log

Right now I append my php script's output to a logfile. Unfortunately it writes everything in one line. How do I need to change my cron command to append every execution log in a new line?

My current cronjob looks like this:

/usr/local/bin/php -q /home/username/public_html/forum/cron.php >> /home/username/cron.log 2>&1

Upvotes: 4

Views: 7505

Answers (2)

Drew
Drew

Reputation: 836

I know this post is old however I do not believe the approach above was the best solution.

The solution above will add a new line everytime the cronjob is run.

Now this is fine if after everytime the cronjob runs there is output.

However, if there is no output then echo "" >> /home/username/cron.log will print a new line into the cron.log.

I'd suggest adding "\n" to the php file where the output echoed. Then remove the echo "" >> /home/username/cron.log from the cronjob.

Eg:

echo "The cron job completed Successfully\n";

Upvotes: 6

kentor
kentor

Reputation: 18524

Solved by adding echo "" as below:

/usr/local/bin/php -q /home/username/public_html/forum/cron.php >> /home/username/cron.log 2>&1; echo "" >> /home/username/cron.log

Upvotes: 7

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