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zozo
Asked: 2011-04-05 00:27:02 +0800 CST

Stop cron from sending mail to root for a specific process

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I have a little problem with the cron daemon. I want to stop it from sending mail for a specific command. For example if I have:

10 * * * * someScript1.sh
15 * * * * someScript2.sh

I want to get the mail from someScript1 but not from someScript2. I tried setting the MAILTO="" but that just blocks everything.

linux email cron

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Redirect all output to a back hole

    10 * * * * someScript1.sh
15 * * * * someScript2.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

    See http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/06/06/what-does-devnull-21-mean/ for more information.

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