cron and annoyances

[Alex Snow]

If you also make sure that stderr is redirected, this should 
completely silence even errors.
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 01:14:51PM -0400, 
Jayson Smith wrote:
> 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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