Mike Dresser <mdresser_l@windsormachine.com> [2002-09-12 13:39:38 -0400]:
> On 12 Sep 2002, Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen wrote:
> > I tried to read man but with no success.
> > How do i avoid to get a report by mail of a specific cronjob?
> > I run it hourly and I do not want to receive mail about it.
>
> put a >/dev/null 2>&1 at the end of your crontab entry.
In any script that is intended to be run by cron, but sometimes also
interactively, I do this. You might find it useful too.
if [ ! -t 0 ]; then
exec >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
If the input is not a terminal then throw away the output. This is
the case with cron. But if the input is a terminal, such as when I am
running it interactively, then just let the output fly.
Bob
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