On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 03:22:18 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> This seems to be working. Since I added the null bit to the script > >> itself, it hasn't sent a email. I don't know if it will if it fails > >> but I still have weekly backups as well. > > If you only redirect stdout to /dev/null and leave stderr alone, you > > should still see errors. But a better option would be to have your > > script only send output when something goes wrong.
> That sounds complicated. I've never been good at what y'all call > scripting. I'm just glad it does it for me so I don't forget. Not really. ">/dev/null" redirects stdout to null. You added 2>&1, which redirects stderr to stdout, effectively throwing away any error messages. Post your backup script and we'll be able to help more. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 815: Insufficient Memory - Only 50,312,583 Bytes available
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