cron output

yusufs · 11-29-2007, 07:26 AM

Hai all,

am runnin some cronjobs daily.

Is thereanyway, the output of this cronjob can be sent to any other mail id's other than OS users.

now it is sending to root user.

I need to send it to any external account.. is this possible ?.. if so , how ?

Please guide

Yusuf

colucix · 11-29-2007, 07:46 AM

You can assign the variable MAILTO at the beginning of the crontab, with a complete e-mail address, e.g.

Code:

MAILTO="colucix@some.domain.it"
20 * * * * echo $HOME
35 * * * * date

yusufs · 11-29-2007, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

You can assign the variable MAILTO at the beginning of the crontab, with a complete e-mail address, e.g.

Code:

MAILTO="colucix@some.domain.it"
20 * * * * echo $HOME
35 * * * * date

Thanks colucix, but for the same .. is it necessary to have sendmail configured in that machine..

If so , is there anyway we can change the subject of the mail as per user requirements or wish .

Please comment and guide

Yusuf

colucix · 11-30-2007, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yusufs

Thanks colucix, but for the same .. is it necessary to have sendmail configured in that machine..

If I'm not wrong, cron uses sendmail by default. Maybe someone can help to clarify this point.

Quote:

If so , is there anyway we can change the subject of the mail as per user requirements or wish

No. The crontab does not permit such a refinement. However if the user needs some output to be e-mailed, he/she can always use sendmail (or any other mailer) inside the script. E.g. something like

Code:

/usr/sbin/sendmail "m.rossi@domain.it" << EOF
From: colucix <colucix@null.domain>
To: Mario Rossi <m.rossi@domain.it>
Subject: my personalized subject $VARIABLE

`date "+%A %e %b %Y %T"` - my message here

`cat log_to_display_in_mail_body.log`

EOF

in this way you can send (in the subject or in the body of the e-mail) the content of any variable or any log generated by the script itself or the output of any command. Just an idea.