On Saturday 22 December 2007 15:42:47 Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Donald D Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-22-07 04:40]: > > Hmmm. Something magic must have happened. The cron job ran and the > > backup was updated. The only thing I changed was to set > > SEND_MAIL_ON_NO_ERROR to Yes. (By the way, where does that mail get > > sent?)I don't understand *why* it worked but it did work. > > SEND_MAIL_ON_NO_ERROR merely sets cron to report "successful" activity > to root. It did nothing to your cron job.
It does nothing whatsoever for regular cronjobs. It is a variable read by run-crons, and only sends email for cron jobs in /etc/cron.hourly, cron.daily or cron.weekly Anders -- Madness takes its toll -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
