i'm here just picking nits, but you'd want to say: > /dev/null 2>&1 else you'd just redirect stdout. cheers --e-- On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 09:02:29AM +0100, Dave West wrote: > 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. >
