[rhn-users] syntax of my cronjob

[Donald Lambert]

Nick,

You could just use the MAILTO option in cron and do not redirect any output
MAILTO=kvetch at gmail.com
0 5 * * * /opt/app/cron/runjob.sh

Of course this would not give you the same subject line, but it is a bit 
cleaner.  Also it would trap \
stderr and send it to you as well should anything go wrong in your script.

-- Donnie

Kvetch wrote:

> Hello, I am having some issues with a script I have in my cron.  I 
> have a script that when it runs I would like to write out its output 
> to the screen into a file and then mail the contents of that file to 
> myself.  The script takes about 2-5 minutes to finish processing.
>
> If I run the following a couple times I notice that it is actually 
> emailing the contents of the file before it finishes running the job 
> and if the job had run earlier then it sends me the contents of the 
> file the last time it ran.
> #/opt/app/cron/runjob.sh > /opt/app/cron/runjob.out |cat 
> /opt/app/cron/runjob.out | mail -s "Job Output" me at gmail.com 
> <mailto:me at gmail.com>
>
> So I added a rm command in the beginning thinking that this would 
> help.  But it now sends out a blank email.
> 0 5 * * * rm /opt/app/cron/runjob.out | /opt/app/cron/runjob.sh > 
> /opt/app/cron/runjob.out |cat /opt/app/cron/runjob.out | mail -s "Job 
> Output" me at gmail.com <mailto:me at gmail.com>
>
> So basically how can I write out the output of the script and email it 
> also while making sure it emails the contents of the file after the 
> job has been run?  I need it to write out the file so I have access to 
> it for the entire day until the next time the cronjob runs.
> I know my syntax is really poor so if anyone has any thoughts on how 
> to clean it up I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
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