in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote
Elliot Finley thusly...
>
> I _want_ cron to email me when there _is_ output. But I _don't
> want_ an email when there _isn't_ output.
>
> Anyone know how to accomplish this?
In three (easy) steps...
- Create a wrapper to be invoked by cron
- In wrapper...
- Execute the real command & save the output in a temporary
file
- Send e-mail only if file size is zero
- Parv
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