cron and annoyances

[Tyler Littlefield]

it was just the output from the commands I was getting. /dev/null worked, 
thanks. didn't think of that. :)

Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
email: tyler at tysdomain.com
web: tysdomain-com
Visit for quality software and web design.
skype: st8amnd2005

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <jaybird at bluegrasspals.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: cron and annoyances


> 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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