- install it
apt-get install tmpreaper
- added cron logging
sudo vi /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf
uncomment cron
sudo service rsyslog restart
- update
/etc/tmpreaper.conf
add TMPREAPER_TIME=1h
- restart cron
service cron restart
- add path to crontab -e
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
*/5 * * * * ~/aws-scripts-mon/mon-put-instance-data.pl --mem-util --disk-space-util --disk-path=/ --from-cron
- tail the log file
tail -fn 50 /var/log/cron.log