[Linux-Anyway] Re: crond
- From: Meph Istopheles <meph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:40:23 -0800 (PST)
> > I found that crond wasn't set to start at boot, so I'd
> > added the line to rc.local (I hope this is the right syntax):
> > /usr/sbin/cron -f
> Why put the "-f" there since it makes crond run in the
> foreground rather than as a daemon?
Hadn't really thought about it. Just perused the man file,
quickly, & put it in. I've taken it out now.
> > Does this just mean that it's taking the line from my
> > crontab to ~not~ send me mail each time it starts?
> crond shouldn't mail you anything unless a task in your crontab
> outputs something on stdout or stderr. You can avoid that
> happening by appending (without the quotes) " > /dev/null 2>&1"
> to all the commands you cronify.
Heh. RH hold-over. The /dev/null 2>&1 did nothing. I'll put
it in now I'm in slack.
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