way to test and make sure cron is working?

[SJ77]

and to test that it's setup correctly?  possible?

[Nathan Explosion]

Does your cron setup allow you to input an email address to send to in the event of issues? If so, use it - if it's not working then you will get an email.

[Daniel F]

You can see it in your ACP on the tasks page! Just check if the  "Next scheduled run" column is updating... (search in your ACP for tasks ) 

 

[EmpireKicking]

simple