Re: How to dump cron messages to /dev/null

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

karlp ourldsfamily com wrote:

> To alleviate the problem for other cron uses that don't have the -d (daemon)
> option, you can put > /dev/null at the end of your cron line. That's what I
> do to alleviate my inbox being jammed.


Actually, you should use ">/dev/null 2>&1" (which also redirects
stderr to /dev/null).

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