Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:54:52 +0000 (UTC) From: D Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] cronjob - email messages sent Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0804071351190.72128@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <44iqytn5sf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0804042327290.20308@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> <44iqytn5sf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 at 09:38 -0400, freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org...: > D Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> writes: > >> I have several cronjob's set up on a server we have under the user root. I >> need to specify specific email addresses results are sent to. >> >> Using documentation from: >> >> man 5 crontab >> >> I thought I could surround the jobs: >> >> ... >> MAILTO="root,someoneelse" >> @hourly /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u internalonly status >> 30 8 * * * /usr/local/bin/mysql -u internalonly < /root/mysql.optimize >> */15 * * * * mysql -u internalonly < /root/delete_rad_usersonline >> 0 */4 * * * mysql -u internalonly < /root/delete_rad_authlog_failed >> MAILTO="root" >> ... >> >> It works for @hourly, but not for the other three. > > I don't have a chance to look into it now, but it should definitely > work the way you have done it. [I usually invoke sendmail directly on > the crontab line if I want mail output, so I haven't any experience to > draw on here.] > > You might want to check whether the order of the schedule lines matters. It is working. Checking the man page for cron: %man cron ... The cron utility then wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, checking each command to see if it should be run in the current minute. >From this, I gathered they were read from top to bottom.
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