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Date:      Mon, 17 May 1999 12:24:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: output in crontab
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171224110.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <373B8CBE.22E48651@eboa.com>

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On Fri, 14 May 1999, Roelof Osinga wrote:

> While porting some stuff from Linux I noticed that I can not redirect
> output from commands into a file. E.g. 
> 
> */3 * * * * date > stamp
> 
> will not update the file. The manpage talks about BSD not being
> able to mail output, but fails to mention not handling output
> at all.
> 
> What gives and, better still, how can I make this work?

Go look at /etc/crontab for a hint.

Doug White                               
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