How can cron output to a new log file based on date?

Question

I\'d like to log cron output to a dated file — /tmp/log/cron-2014-12-17.log

$ mkdir /tmp/log
$ chmod 777 /tmp/log
$ ls -lah /tmp/log
drwxrwxrwx          


        

Answer 1

This will fix your issue:

0 0 * * * /some/path/to/a/file.php >> /tmp/log/cron-`date +\%F`.log 2>&1