Trivia Q: Why two pipes to null? I've seen this before, but never thought much about it, I normally just use a > /dev/null or fix the cron job so there's no output unless there is an error, which results in the same thing, with the advantage of notification of a blow-up so to speak.
Cheers, Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Stacey" > Example: > > 5 6 * * * /path/to/file/file_to_run 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
