Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:53:15 -0500 From: Michael <mogmios@mlug.missouri.edu> Subject: Re: cron job e-mail Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206291902390.14700-100000@mlug.missouri.edu>
> ...but if your script is spitting out errors, don't you want to see them?
> I usually direct stdout and stderr for cron entries to a log file.
In my case usually not. My cron jobs tend to be the sort of things that
either don't matter if they error or if they do errors will show up in
more useful places. I'd rather have no output from my cron jobs than open
my mailbox to see 25,000 cron messages waiting. ;)