Re: running cronjob output
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:54:06PM +0000, brainfart@posteo.net wrote:
> when i run a cronjob the output from the job is stored and mailed when the
> job finishes. where is this output stored? can i read it while the job is
> running?
There might be a temp file or there might not. It's best not to poke
around the internals of system utilities without a dire need.
Just focus on your actual goal: you have a cron job that takes a long
time to run, and you want to see the output in progress. Just use tee(1)
to save a copy of the output in a file of your choice.
a b c d e /my/job 2>&1 | tee /var/tmp/my-job-output
Bear in mind that output from /my/job may be buffered.
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