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From: mib@ppe.bb-data.de
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: cron and mail
Date: 12 Sep 1996 12:47:08 +0200
Organization: BB-DATA GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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Does the mail message contain stdout/stderr output? If so, chances are
there will be no more mail messages if there is no output from the
cron'ed command. Make the thing silent (by diverting all output down
the drain).