"Stuart Clark" wrote: > > The reason why I ask is because I think of stdout as being the screen > > If I put > > 01 * * * * root /bin/echo "hello" > > into /etc/crontab I don't see the work hello on the screen every minute. > > > Why? >
stdout isn't the screen. Your terminal is normally connected to it, hence what goes to stdout usually ends up there. cron jobs do not connect stdout to the screen, instead what goes to stdout is collected and sent by mail to the owner of the cron job. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
