On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Antony Stace wrote: > Hi Folks > > Can I selectively decide which cron jobs are to send me a notification > message. The only option I can see is to set the MAILTO variable. If > it is set then the user under which the cron job was run is sent a mail, > otherwise no mail is sent. I want to get mail sent for some cron jobs > but not others. Is there any way to do this? > > Any help appreciated. > This is not true. The MAILTO variable controls where any mail generated will be sent. Cron jobs only generate mail if they attempt to print to stdout or stderr. To prevent a cron job from generating mail then simply redirect the output streams to /dev/null (eg. > /dev/null). Dave West E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Semiras Projects Ltd. PGP public key available on request.
