Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 13:40:48 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Hans Lambermont <hans@lambermont.dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Empty (weekly) run messages Message-ID: <20020713124048.GA21669@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <20020713134636.C77384@moya.lambermont.dyndns.org> References: <20020713134636.C77384@moya.lambermont.dyndns.org>
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On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 01:46:36PM +0200, Hans Lambermont wrote: > I'd like to be able not to receive empty * run messages like: > > Subject: xxxxx weekly run output > Cleaning up kernel database files: > Rebuilding locate database: > Rebuilding whatis database: > -- End of weekly output -- > > I know receiving empty stuff is information too, but I just don't want > to be cluttered with it. Is there a flag setting somewhere that prevents > stuff like this to be emailed in the first place ? You can create a file /etc/periodic.conf with: weekly_show_success="NO" in it, which should suppress output from weekly jobs that run without error. This won't stop you getting a weekly e-mail, but there will be less in it... Alternatively, you can use: weekly_output="/var/log/weekly.log" which will write all the output to a log file rather than sending you e-mail. See /etc/defaults/periodic.conf for all the knobs you can twiddle. It works analogously to /etc/defaults/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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