According to Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > To fix this, you need to stop "myprogram" from sending any output to cron. Oh, of course! I am so stupid.
> My recommendation would be: > > 0 8 * * * /usr/local/bin/myprogram >/dev/null 2>&1 & Yes, that was it. Now it works. Thanks a mill! > 0 8 * * * /usr/local/bin/myprogram 2>&1 | /usr/bin/logger -i -t myprogram > >/dev/null 2>&1 & That's a nice alternative, but I found that logger doesn't quit after myprogram is done. What am I overlooking now? Thanks again! Andy. -- Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.spiegl.de Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP key o _ _ _ --------- __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) ------- _`\<,_ _`\<,_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ ------ (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
