On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 02:37:41AM +0000, Kyle Evans wrote: > Author: kevans > Date: Wed Sep 25 02:37:40 2019 > New Revision: 352668 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/352668 > > Log: > cron: add log suppression and mail suppression for successful runs > > This commit adds two new extensions to crontab, ported from OpenBSD: > - -n: suppress mail on succesful run > - -q: suppress logging of command execution > > The -q option appears decades old, but -n is relatively new. The > original proposal by Job Snijder can be found here [1], and gives very > convincing reasons for inclusion in base. > > This patch is a nearly identical port of OpenBSD cron for -q and -n > features. It is written to follow existing conventions and style of the > existing codebase. > > Example usage: > > # should only send email, but won't show up in log > * * * * * -q date > > # should not send email > * * * * * -n date > > # should not send email or log > * * * * * -n -q date > > # should send email because of ping failure > * * * * * -n -q ping -c 1 5.5.5.5 > > [1]: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=152874866117948&w=2 > > PR: 237538 > Submitted by: Naveen Nathan <freebsd_t.lastninja.net> > Reviewed by: bcr (manpages) > MFC after: 1 week > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20046 > I do think this deserves an entry in the release notes
Best regards, Bapt
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