cron job e-mail

[Gerald Combs]

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Michael wrote:

> You can also set your MAILTO variable to null in your crontab and it'll
> stop all email output.

...but if your script is spitting out errors, don't you want to see them?
I usually direct stdout and stderr for cron entries to a log file.

> The girl who stoops to conquer usually wears a low-cut dress.
> 
> ;):):-):):-):):-)8')
> Michael McGlothlin <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
> http://kavlon.org/projects/
> 
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Don Erickson wrote:
> 
> > In article <20020628162532.3490.qmail at web13106.mail.yahoo.com> you write:
> > >Okay... silly question... How can I tell a cronjob to
> > >quit e-mailing everytime it runs.
> >
> > My understanding is, the cron job only emails stdout or sterr output to
> > the owner.  To disable this, redirect any such output to /dev/null, like
> > this:
> >
> > * * * * * fred /usr/bin/annoying_cron_job > /dev/null 2>&1
> >                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >                                   This is the part to append to the line.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Don
> >
> >
> >
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