Let me explain this a bit more. We were working on a solution that our toolserver sends me an affordable quantity of e-mails that can be read. As cron sends a mail if the timed command has some output, it is supposed to bother me only in case of some problem if I redirect standard output to /dev/null. But this is not the case:
binaris@tron:~/ pywikipedia$ python figyelmet.py >/dev/null NOTE: You have new messages on wikipedia:hu Sleeping for 8.1 seconds, 2013-02-17 12:23:47 Updating page [[KategĂłria:Figyelmet igĂŠnylĹ lapok 2013 februĂĄrjĂĄbĂłl]] via API Sleeping for 9.1 seconds, 2013-02-17 12:23:56 Updating page [[KategĂłria:Csonkok 2013 februĂĄrjĂĄbĂłl]] via API Sleeping for 9.1 seconds, 2013-02-17 12:24:06 2013/2/17 SourceForge.net <[email protected]> > Bugs item #3605062, was opened at 2013-02-17 06:02 > Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by tgr_ > You can respond by visiting: > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=3605062&group_id=93107 > > Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment > thread, > including the initial issue submission, for this request, > not just the latest update. > Category: other > Group: None > Status: Open > Resolution: None > Priority: 5 > Private: No > Submitted By: Tgr (tgr_) > Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) > Summary: pywikipediabot should use standard output > > Initial Comment: > All pywikipedia messages go to standard error, making the proper running > of such bots from cron very difficult. Normal messages should go to > standard output, and only suprising messages (python errors, block > notifications, new message notifcations) should go to standard error. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can respond by visiting: > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=3605062&group_id=93107 > -- Bináris
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