[ale] crontab

[logan at snarf.wreck.org]

On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, David Hamm wrote:

> I have a number of scripts that run from crontab and fill up my root mail
> spool.  How do I make crontab send mail selectively.


	According to the crontab man page, if output on stdout and sterr
are redirected to a file, cron will not mail them to you.


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