How to check cron logs in UBuntu

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Published on 2010-04-28T00:34:41Z Indexed on 2010/04/28 0:43 UTC
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I went to /var/log/cron but this file is empty.

How to check if crontab is enabled or is running properly or not in ubuntu

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