Test a weekly cron job [closed]

Answer 1

I'd use a lock file and then set the cron job to run every minute. (use crontab -e and * * * * * /path/to/job) That way you can just keep editing the files and each minute they'll be tested out. Additionally, you can stop the cronjob by just touching the lock file.

    #!/bin/sh
    if [ -e /tmp/cronlock ]
    then
        echo "cronjob locked"
        exit 1
    fi

    touch /tmp/cronlock
    <...do your regular cron here ....>
    rm -f /tmp/cronlock