sorry - wrong button :(
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: writing to /dev/stdout fails in cron script Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:58:20 +0200 From: Tony van der Hoff <t...@vanderhoff.org> To: Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> On 22/08/14 15:57, Sven Hartge wrote: > Tony van der Hoff <t...@vanderhoff.org> wrote: > >> Cron task is invoked from a simple crontab entry: >> # /home/tony/crontab -- crontab for user tony >> MAILTO=t...@vanderhoff.org >> SHELL=/bin/sh >> <snip> >> * * * * * /home/tony/scripts/test > >> tony@tony-fr:~$ ls -al /dev/stdout >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Aug 21 17:30 /dev/stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1 > >> tony@tony-fr:~$ ls -ald /dev >> drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 3340 Aug 21 17:30 /dev > > At least you don't have a multi-gigabyte /dev/stdout-file on your system > filled with the output of numerous scripts from years ago :) > > I'd guess /proc/self/fd/1 is different for programs invoked from cron, > because cron redirects stdout to catch any output from programs. > Well, indeed. The output from cron scripts normally goes to mail in this case. I'm rather hoping that is where the output from stdout would go. > Please add something like this: > > ls -al /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout 2>&1 > /tmp/testoutput > > to your script and provide the output. Maybe this will be helpful. > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Aug 21 17:30 /dev/stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1 l-wx------ 1 tony tony 64 Aug 22 16:39 /proc/self/fd/1 -> /tmp/testoutput Not sure how that helps :( Thanks, Sven. -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Ariège, France | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53f75cd3.6060...@vanderhoff.org
