> On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 18:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi Sluggers: >> >> For some reason if I have cron setup like this the script does not do >> anything: >> >> hh mm * * * /usr/bin/perl /path_to_script/scriptname.pl > /dev/null >> 2>&1 > > There is a subtle difference with root crons. > > are you anacron or is your computer on full time?
[Louis] This is a web servers that always runs. > >> When I remove the "> /dev/null 2>&1" cron finally executes what I want >> the script to do. > > What output did it give you? Normally this will not affect the outcome > like this. [Louis] The script is suppose to update some files and also sends some output to the display. I know that "> /dev/null >> 2>&1" will not display anything to the screen. But after looking into it it also revealed that the files that should be updated were not. Removing it shows the display I have in the script and also updates the files I wanted updated. So does this mean there is something in the script that's doing this ? Cheers. > > -- > Thanks > KenF > OpenOffice.org developer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug