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Hi there - that cron task will only run at the 01 of an hour.  You'll need

*/1 * * * * echo "test" >> /home/username/testfile.txt

to really test that out.  

[edit: Rahjaz below points out the correct way - so I added the >>]  

I have chosen cron jobs through cpanel and there standard experience where I entered "echo test" command and set it to run every minute. It put this entry in the crontab file:

* * * * * echo "test"

But I don't get any "test" message on screen

What is wrong or what i am doing wrong?

Hi there, Please note that you cannot get the output of the cronjobs on console. It is ment to be executed in the backend.

Also note that you shoult not use

* * * * * echo "test"

Because you loose the privilege of running these background jobs by doing this.

Best practice to execute the cronjob every mintue is to store the output to a temporary file as follows :

*/1 * * * * echo "test" >> /home/user/test

This will resolve your issue. Please do let me know if this helps.

Hi Rahjaz,

Thanks, it worked. Now I know that my cron jobs are run :) But i would like to know what's that "mailto=" option in the crontab file for. I thought that every time some cron job runs, its output is sent to the mail set with "mailto=". But I never got any mail from cron.

Hi there,

The function of the mailto= option is to send the output of the command run by the cron job to the email address mentioned in the mailto directive.

Please make sure that you are giving valid email address.