On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 05:32:44AM GMT, T o n g wrote: > Let me explain with an example. > > Say I have a file under /etc/cron.d/ with the following entry: > > 42 4 1 * * user1 echo "This command is run 4:42 am every 1st of the month" > 01 * 19 07 * user2 echo "This command is run hourly on the 19th of July" > > Usually, when the jobs do get fired up, each user receives the > corresponding message in their email. > > Now, if I put 'MAILTO=user3' at the top of the file, what will happen?
It would've been quicker if you had tested it yourself or RTFM. % man 5 crontab 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 named. MAILTO may also be used to direct mail to multiple recipients by separating recipient users with a comma. If MAILTO is defined but empty (MAILTO=""), no mail will be sent. Otherwise mail is sent to the owner of the crontab. Regards, -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111219090918.ga31...@linuxstuff.pl