Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:27:46 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Adam Stroud <adam@thegeeklord.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap question Message-ID: <20060414232746.454d04ee@localhost> In-Reply-To: <443F9B95.9020206@thegeeklord.com> References: <443F9B95.9020206@thegeeklord.com>
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:54:45 -0400 Adam Stroud <adam@thegeeklord.com> wrote: > 0 3 * * * root portsnap -I cron update && pkg_version -vIL=" > > My question is what part of that crontab entry sends an email? Is it a > function of cron, because I didnt see any reference to an email getting > sent in the portsnap or pkg_version man page. Cron will send the output of the command via email to the owner of the crontab. If it's the system crontab (/etc/crontab), you need to set it in /etc/crontab by defining the MAILTO variable. man 5 crontab B
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