I have the crontab file "mycron" with the contents [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ crontab -l 1,11,21,31,41,51 * * * * /usr/local/bin/updatehw >> $HOME/tmp.quizlog
which results in the crontab entry of # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.XXXX4hHwFM installed on Tue Feb 1 11:36:48 2000) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $) 1,11,21,31,41,51 * * * * /usr/local/bin/updatehw >> $HOME/tmp.quizlog # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.XXXX4hHwFM installed on Tue Feb 1 11:36:48 2000) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $) 1,11,21,31,41,51 * * * * /usr/local/bin/updatehw >> $HOME/tmp.quizlog However, the mail gets inundated with reports of Delivery-Date: Fri Feb 4 10:30:01 2000 Return-Path: <ch1quiz> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/ch1quiz> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=ch1quiz> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `&' That is, it's not executingthe command in the crontab, but a differetn one --note thatthe >> becomes a 2>>& How do I fix this? What I need here is for cron to *not* send any mail at all--this account exists to sort and process mail, and extra mail makes the job harder. Rick
