Re: [PROPOSAL] cron.* scripts should be quiet

[Roland Mas <mas@echo.fr>]

Julian Gilbey (2001-02-20 16:23:10 +0000) :

> This is because stdout gets mailed to root by cron.

...unless otherwise specified:

[...]
       In addition to LOGNAME, HOME, and SHELL, cron(8) will look
       at MAILTO if it has any reason to send mail as a result of
       running  commands  in  ``this''  crontab.   If  MAILTO  is
       defined  (and  non-empty),  mail  is  sent  to the user so
[...]
  -- Paul Vixie, in "man 5 crontab"
-- 
Roland Mas

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