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cron status

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This command displays whether the cron service in the Linux based Manager database is running.

This command has no parameters.

Syntax:

cron status

Sample Output:

IPSManager> cron status

Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status crond.service

● crond.service - Command Scheduler

Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/crond.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)

Active: active (running) since Tue 2019-08-20 13:45:32 UTC; 2h 51min ago

Main PID: 1835 (crond)

CGroup: /system.slice/crond.service

└─1835 /usr/sbin/crond -n

Aug 20 13:45:32 IPSManager systemd[1]: Started Command Scheduler.

Aug 20 13:45:32 IPSManager systemd[1]: Starting Command Scheduler...

Aug 20 13:45:32 IPSManager crond[1835]: (CRON) INFO (RANDOM_DELAY will be scaled with factor 23% ...ed.)

Aug 20 13:45:32 IPSManager crond[1835]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support)

Aug 20 13:45:32 IPSManager crond[1835]: (CRON) INFO (@reboot jobs will be run at computer's startup.)

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