standard crontab message redirection

[Maciej Szewczykowski]

hi all,
i'd like to ask for help in the following matter:
how to redirect standard message generated by crontab? each time after the commands are executed by crontab, standard message is written in /var/adm . i'd like to have the messages written in users home directory.
thanks.

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

i do it this way:
============================================================
#*******************************************************************************
# min|hour |day |month|day |script
# | |of mo| |of wk|
#----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------------------------------------------------
#*******************************************************************************
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * my_scr.sh 1>/home/yogeeraj/logfiles/output-myscr.crn 2>/home/yogeeraj/logfiles/error-myscr.crn

#*******************************************************************************
# min|hour |day |month|day |script
# | |of mo| |of wk|
#----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------------------------------------------------
#*******************************************************************************
#*******************************************************************************
# END OF TABLE day0->Sunday day6->Saturday
#*******************************************************************************

============================================================

hth
Yogeeraj

[Balaji N]

standard redirection works in crontab as well. just redirect the standard o/p and standard error to files of ur choice.


hth
-balaji

[john korterman · Accepted solution]

Hi,
you can redirect the output of the users jobs to what you want, but the messages in /var/adm/cron/log concerning the run of the jobs themselves cannot be redirected - at least not with 100% guarentee. If you do not redirect the output from the cron jobs themselves it is mailed to the user who executes the job.

regards,
John K.