| ps -ax | grep cron
will tell you if the daemon is running. unfortunately, i'm only running 10.1.5, so i'm not sure if your installation is different. i can say that i don't think they would remove cron from the default install as it's highly useful.
###### to test if cron works make a simple script called test.sh:
#!/bin/sh
ps -ax > /Users/your_user_name/testresults
###### set the right permissions on the script:
chmod 700 /Users/your_user_name/test.sh
###### open your crontab with:
crontab -e
###### once your editor launches type this:
* * * * * /Users/your_user_name/test.sh
once the system clock ticks forward a minute check your home directory for the testresults file that should contain the output of the command ps -ax. don't forget to disable the cron job when your done testing. |