Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:01:20 -0400 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: Elliot Finley <efinleywork@efinley.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No output from periodic Message-ID: <20030708190120.GA55547@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <09f301c3456b$4d029d20$b4be0ed0@elliotdevelop> References: <087c01c34560$7ed08e80$b4be0ed0@elliotdevelop> <20030708153145.GL87950@dan.emsphone.com> <5.2.0.9.2.20030708105106.01789890@mail.servplex.com> <09f301c3456b$4d029d20$b4be0ed0@elliotdevelop>
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in message <09f301c3456b$4d029d20$b4be0ed0@elliotdevelop>, wrote
Elliot Finley thusly...
>
> I _want_ cron to email me when there _is_ output. But I _don't
> want_ an email when there _isn't_ output.
>
> Anyone know how to accomplish this?
In three (easy) steps...
- Create a wrapper to be invoked by cron
- In wrapper...
- Execute the real command & save the output in a temporary
file
- Send e-mail only if file size is zero
- Parv
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