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Crontab



Thanks,
ANthony

On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Gordon Keegan wrote:

> 
> If you redirect the output of a cron entry to a file (or /dev/null)
> then you shouldn't get email.  For example:
> 
> 	* 3 * * * /usr/local/bin/myscript > /tmp/myscript.log 2>&1
> or
> 	15,45 8-17 * * * /home/user1/monitor > /dev/null 2>&1
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
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> 
> 
> > Hello,
> > 	Anyone know how to make crontab stop sending email everytime it
> > completes a task.  Or send crontabs mail to /dev/null?  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Anthony
> > 
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