Is it enough to put the script in cron.hourly? What time should the script run?

Question

linux

I tested first bash script every minute through crontab -eeverything worked.
I put the same script in a folder cron.hourlysomewhere at 00:40. Googled that the scripts work out like at the beginning of the hour. Now 01:04 - I don't see any result.
Is it enough to put the script in cron.hourly?
What time should the script run?
How convenient is it to use and test all this? Because in its current form, it's a nightmare to the touch.

Answer 1

Is it enough to put the script in cron.hourly?

It is enough to put it in /etc/cron.d - by the way, cron.hourly processing is started from there. There you can see when it starts.

Answer 2

Here 's a pretty good breakdown of cron.