Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:06:10 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: David King <dking@ketralnis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: e-mail from cron Message-ID: <20060823140610.73771aae.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <32E582EE-9F5C-4426-8DAB-AB109E838C48@ketralnis.com> References: <012e01c6c6bd$29966ac0$d51a2cd0@lisac> <20060823102841.05d85d88.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <32E582EE-9F5C-4426-8DAB-AB109E838C48@ketralnis.com>
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In response to David King <dking@ketralnis.com>: > >> to this: > >> > >> # Perform daily/weekly/monthly maintenance. > >> 1 3 * * * root periodic daily > >> 2>&1 | sendmail service@jellico.com > > [...] > > However, you might find it easier to just add the following line to > > the > > top of the crontab: > > MAILTO=service@jellico.com > > Which will cause all mail generated by the jobs in that file to be > > sent > > to the provided address. > > Is that true? MAILTO should change the destination of the output of > cron jobs, but periodic handles its own output You're correct. That's my mistake and I apologize for the misinformation. Simply put, periodic does not generate any output to either stdout or stderr. It has its own system for determining who to mail to. See /etc/defaults/periodic.conf or appropriate man pages for the details. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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