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Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 14:16:33 -0500
From: David Leimbach <dleimbac@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Stop the logging of a cron job
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add a "2>&1  > /dev/null"

stderr redirected to stdout  redirect stdout to /dev/null

Dave


On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 03:07:36PM -0400, Ryan Masse wrote:
> add a > /dev/null to the end of the crontab line
> 
> Ryan
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just wondering if there's a way to specify to NOT log a specific cron job
> > in the logs?
> >
> > I have a process (fetchmail specifically) to download my email from
> > another server every 2 mins.  Needless to say I don't want this process in
> > my cron logs.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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