On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:07:46 +0100 Chris Davies <chris-use...@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
> Titanus Eramius <tita...@aptget.dk> wrote: > > * 04 * * * /home/titanus/scripts/web-log >> /dev/null 2>&1 > > > The line runs every morning at 4, and AFAIK, the /dev/-part should > > redirect all but errors to null. > > No. > > 1. This runs every minute while the hour is 4. If you want the script > to run only a 4am, you need to specify a zero minute value too > > 2. The ">> /dev/null 2>&1" tells cron to thow away not just errors but > also all normal output. If you want to lose information written to > stderr (typically errors), then you need "2> /dev/null" > > 0 4 * * * /home/titanus/scripts/web-log 2>/dev/null > > Chris > > Thank you for the corrections, the first part works now, and the second part will probaly be tested by some future error. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120704125006.55639...@asrock.local.aptget.dk
