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From: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>
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To: Trevin Chow <tmchow@sfu.ca>
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Subject: Re: Stop the logging of a cron job
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Trevin Chow wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

man fetchmail

Use the deamon mode of fetchmail instead of cron.

Jim
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