How would test cron with Magento?

Question

First I need to understand how Magento cron works.

I know how cron works on linux, using crontab -e.
I know I need to set up Magento\'s cron.php to run

Answer 1

To test cron working or not you can simply write Mage::log('cron working', null, 'cron.log'); at the end of the cron.php file.

If the cron is working, it will create a cron.log file in your base dir.