<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Nick, You could just use the MAILTO option in cron and do not redirect any output <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:MAILTO=kvetch@gmail.com">MAILTO=kvetch@gmail.com</a> 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: <blockquote cite="mid12cc7470050908063318dcb291@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">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" <a href="mailto:me@gmail.com">me@gmail.com</a> 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" <a href="mailto:me@gmail.com">me@gmail.com</a> 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 <pre wrap=""> <hr size="4" width="90%"> _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rhn-users@redhat.com">rhn-users@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a></pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>