Output of Cron Clogging up my inbox.

[Kwan Lowe]

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>  0-59/1 * * * * root /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
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> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:50:37 +0800
>> From: Ow Mun Heng <ow.mun.heng at wdc.com>
>> Reply-To: Discussion of the Fedora Legacy Project
>>     <fedora-legacy-list at redhat.com>
>> To: "Fedora-Legacy-List (E-mail)" <fedora-legacy-list at redhat.com>
>> Subject: Output of Cron Clogging up my inbox.
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>> Hi Guys,
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>> 	I have a cron job made for running mrtg on my adsl connection
>> at an interval of 1 minute apart. However, my ADSL conn is
>> not 24/7 turned on. So.. during the times when my PC is on, and the ASDL
>> isn't, cron still continues to run and since it can't find the ppp0
>> connection,
>> it'll output the error at a rate of 1 email per minute and I end up
>> with a clogged inbox.
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>> cron
>> 0-59/1 * * * * root /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
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>> I know I should add a /dev/null somewhere, I tried
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>> 0-59/1 * * * * root /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg 2 >&1 > /dev/null
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>> Both does not work.

You can also set MAILTO in the cron script:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=3290
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