Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:30:26 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: crontab Message-ID: <3FC4FF52.9070903@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <3FC4E92A.2030602@makeworld.com> References: <3FC4D7D4.11526.C30C22@localhost> <3FC4E747.2000503@daleco.biz> <3FC4E92A.2030602@makeworld.com>
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Chris wrote: > Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > >> stuart.gibson@bridgeman.co.uk wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a number of scripts that run every night using a crontab. In >>> my crontab file I'm using the MAILTO flag to get cron to email me >>> every time it runs which results in a lot of emails. >>> >>> Is there any way of instructing cron to only email me if the cron >>> job fails? >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Stuart Gibson >>> >>> >>> >> >> Sure! >> >> >> Redirect stderror to /dev/null: >> >> /bin/sh /home/me/myscript > /dev/null >> >> And this one won't mail you, whether it errors >> or not.... >> >> /bin/sh /home/me/myscript > /dev/null 2>&1 >> >> >> Kevin Kinsey >> DaleCo, S.P. > > > Very cool! Now, what if you do the same, but instead of the normal > crons, can something like this be done with the /etc/periodic/daily, > weekly, and monthly routines? > I'd suggest $man periodic and see the relevant paragraphs under "Examples"... KDK
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