Can't redirect cron output

Michael Hipp Michael at Hipp.com
Sun Oct 26 22:02:45 UTC 2008


Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
>> This worked fine on all my systems but stopped at Gutsy. Hardy and Intrepid
>> both have the problem also: cron output can't be redirected.
>>
>> Here's what used to work:
>>
>>   # Fetch mail for michael
>>   */10 02-23   * * *   michael   fetchmail &> /dev/null
> 
> Try using:
> fetchmail >/dev/null 2>&1

Thank you. That seems to have quieted things down.

Michael




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