Hi, afaik cron (by default) mails all output from a script. If i create a cronjob I usually dump all stdout (just redirect it to /dev/null) But I want to be informed of any errors so I keep stderr.
example: # this will get mailed echo "My cool cron script" # this will not mail stdout, but stderr (see below for an example) echo "My cooler cron script" > /dev/null # this will send you a mail because there was output on stderr, if there was output on stdout it wouldn't mail /nonexistant/echo "My failing cron script" > /dev/null Not this is untested and just a quick writeup but the general rule should apply hth martin On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Curt Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi. > > I tried to whip up a small cron job, I put a short script > in /etc/cron.daily thinking that this would work. > > Well, yes, it works, but I get mail sent to me by cron explaining that > the job executed successfully. > > I'd prefer not to get the mail. I don't get mail for any of the other > jobs in cron.daily, and I don't understand enough of bash scripting > to see how mine is different from the others. > > If all else fails I could just add a line to /etc/crontab, but I think > the Debian way is so very much better coordinated and elegant. > > Curt- > > - -- > Treason! http://blog.mises.org/archives/007926.asp > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEVAwUBR+pYQi9Y35yItIgBAQJkcgf/c8y5Sbd4WkNChuA2muNkprTVFy6JkMIs > 8gHQReKiEJH6R4QHVTWRtElqjWHDcry15lCV6h2AIN5w+FIPKmvFcViA3rGk5jK3 > Jr/NzC3twwtRaxhvUKDNrfr0VHmAjHeVxBdBHt287zejzDc9TCECcPBderco82rO > OwmDs7WuNzQrWZSz8VDGFhjxdJrdhUIVzgeSamD0xtt65gNvUj6GN2YxGeUODlTk > V9XfO6vxsrK3chBrag7Cz4EA5pPsyK3QoMtr/NrCPSBPbE2dT38hZAtz3dIN4yq1 > ve2fmP7HMF24TtKhTKxkmKN6Qm3uOT8B9qiZ7VPrJsvldcSJVAHuAA== > =IgSr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- http://tumblr.marcher.name https://twitter.com/MartinMarcher http://www.xing.com/profile/Martin_Marcher http://www.linkedin.com/in/martinmarcher You are not free to read this message, by doing so, you have violated my licence and are required to urinate publicly. Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]