cron mailto

eyt · 02-16-2004, 03:32 PM

Hi all,

Is there a way that the cron only email to me if the cron jobs fail ?
I receive the emails every hour from the crob jobs that runs hourly.

I have this in the crontab file -

MAILTO=my email address

01 * * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly

pedro_nf · 02-16-2004, 07:39 PM

you'll have to put it in the batch file that is run by cron...

green_dragon37 · 02-16-2004, 07:41 PM

Add "> /dev/null" to the end of the line. Ex.:

01 * * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > dev/null

eyt · 02-17-2004, 07:45 AM

Thanks green_dragon37.