cron output question

[iranzo]

Hello,

Here is a part of my cron

00,15,30,45 * * * * /users/killproc

The script is ok
But when it's start the standard output go to root's mail .(lot of messages !!)

Start of script:
# Killproc
. /users/explara/env/exploit.env #env exploit
. /users/explara/env/cmxAP.env # env cimix
#
FOUT=/users/explara/log/killproc.log
exec 1>$FOUT 2>&1
#
...

Thanks.

[Peter Kloetgen]

Hi Malosse,

the standard output of cron is the mail account of the user, who started the job. If you don't want this, you have to redirect your output, for example into a logfile:

00,15 * * * * /usr/killproc > /path_to_logfile/logfile 2>/path_to_errorfile/errorlogfile

Allways stay on the bright side of life!

Peter

[Jdamian]

You must to redirect the output of the script in crontab.
Otherwise, the standard output and error output is e-mailed to user.

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

If you don't want the output, redirect the STDOUT and STDERR to /dev/null in your cron job:

00,15,30,45 * * * * /users/killproc >/dev/null 2>&1

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong