On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 15:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> When I remove the "> /dev/null 2>&1" cron finally executes what I want > >> the script to do. > > > > What output did it give you? Normally this will not affect the outcome > > like this. > > [Louis] The script is suppose to update some files and also sends some > output to the display. I know that "> /dev/null >> 2>&1" will not display > anything to the screen. But after looking into it it also revealed that > the files that should be updated were not. > > Removing it shows the display I have in the script and also updates the > files I wanted updated. > > So does this mean there is something in the script that's doing this ?
Sorry but have not got a clue because I have no output or script to look at. If you can at least give us one out of the two then you might get some suggestions, otherwise you will get blank looks. -- Thanks KenF OpenOffice.org developer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
