cron job mailing blank output

rsmccain · 10-09-2006, 01:24 PM

I have this in roots crontab:

1 6-18 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/perl /downloads/postfix-2.1.6/auxiliary/qshape/qshape.pl | mail -s "Mail Report" admin@domain.com

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When I run it from the command line, the mail goes to admin@domain.com fine with the correct output.

However, When cron runs it, a blank message gets sent rather than the output from qshape.pl.

Any ideas?

trickykid · 10-09-2006, 03:30 PM

Try adding this to the crontab instead

MAILTO=admin@domain.com

And if you don't want any cron's to email or have any output, just do the standard..

1> /dev/null 2>&1

Or the like at the end of the command..

rsmccain · 10-09-2006, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickykid

Try adding this to the crontab instead

MAILTO=admin@domain.com

And if you don't want any cron's to email or have any output, just do the standard..

1> /dev/null 2>&1

Or the like at the end of the command..

Can I specify 2 email addresses seperated by a command perhaps? ie: MAILTO=admin@domain.com, admin2@domain.com

Thanks.. Ryan

trickykid · 10-09-2006, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsmccain

Can I specify 2 email addresses seperated by a command perhaps? ie: MAILTO=admin@domain.com, admin2@domain.com

Thanks.. Ryan

I think so but can't remember off top of my head. Refer to man pages for crontab or google it, I'm sure it's possible.

rsmccain · 10-09-2006, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickykid

I think so but can't remember off top of my head. Refer to man pages for crontab or google it, I'm sure it's possible.

..any idea why it wasn't working originally?

Ryan