cron and annoyances

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

     Chuck said just about what I was going to say here. Try redirecting the 
output of the commands to /dev/null. However, some commands which are 
normally silent will produce output if an error occurs, even if they've been 
redirected to /dev/null. If you still get the messages, actually read one to 
find out what error is occurring, and fix it.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh at ftml.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: cron and annoyances


> Tyler,
>
> Look in /etc/crontab and find out what application is run every 15
> minutes to produce the mail you are getting. Redirect the output of
> that application to /dev/null by adding the necessary redirection
> information to the line that runs the application.
>
> Better yet, read the mail you are being sent to learn what the error is
> that you are being told about, and fix it.
>
> Chuck
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:45:24AM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
>> Hello list,
>> I was wondering if anyone had a fix for this.
>> I get tons of mail from cron a day, in my local mailbox, which is rather
>> annoying,
>> I think it goes to two accounts of mine on the system, and it happens
>> every 15 mins or so.
>> Is there a way I can silence this?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tyler Littlefield
>> email: tyler at tysdomain.com
>> web: tysdomain-com
>> Visit for quality software and web design.
>> skype: st8amnd2005
>>
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