On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 08:21:30PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:02:34AM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > The point of using periodic, at least under FreeBSD, is that there is a > > 'report' that is issued at the end of the monthly periodic run letting the > > admin know the status of various things on their servers ... > > > > So, for instance, it would give them a monthly reminder that the script > > *is* running on their machine ... > > The standard output and errors of cron jobs is mailed to the owner of the > cron tab. I'm not sure what periodic can do more in this area. > > -- > Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference > --
Suppose your cron jobs don't emit output, which any good job shouldn't do. -Damian
