Re: crons scripts should report status info in the mail

1997-05-21 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:' > >Since the output from cron jobs is mailed anyhow, as it should be, I >think that all cron scripts should report in as they are run, and that >this should be made a standard. Here's why. But if they complete successfully they should be quiet. Maybe this would work: s

Re: crons scripts should report status info in the mail

1997-05-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Karl M. Hegbloom: >> Since the output from cron jobs is mailed anyhow, as it should >> be, I think that all cron scripts should report in as they are >> run, and that this should be made a standard. Here's why. Joey>

Re: crons scripts should report status info in the mail

1997-05-19 Thread Joey Hess
Karl M. Hegbloom: > Since the output from cron jobs is mailed anyhow, as it should be, I > think that all cron scripts should report in as they are run, and that > this should be made a standard. Here's why. I think what we need is a more intelligent run-parts, for use with the cron jobs, that ex

Re: crons scripts should report status info in the mail

1997-05-19 Thread Daniel Quinlan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since the output from cron jobs is mailed anyhow, as it should be, I > think that all cron scripts should report in as they are run, and > that this should be made a standard. Here's why. If you've ever administer

Re: crons scripts should report status info in the mail

1997-05-19 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Kevin" == Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kevin> "Karl M. Hegbloom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Q: Is anyone using `autoconf`? I wonder if it's worth learning >> to use, and what people use it for. (I've barely glanced over >> the manuals for it, so far.)

Re: crons scripts should report status info in the mail

1997-05-18 Thread Mark Eichin
> Q: Is anyone using `autoconf`? I wonder if it's worth learning to > use, and what people use it for. (I've barely glanced over the > manuals for it, so far.) Most main GNU packages (ie. what's on prep) have switched over to autoconf (even gcc itself probably will, there's an effort underway,

Re: crons scripts should report status info in the mail

1997-05-18 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
On Sun, 18 May 1997, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > `The `tar` errors about stripping / are no big deal; I will > 2>/dev/null them. I don't know why it cannot find > "/etc/securetty"... anyone know? The reason I want the scripts to > report is so I can find out which one gives that 'shell-init' error

Re: crons scripts should report status info in the mail

1997-05-18 Thread Kevin Dalley
"Karl M. Hegbloom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Q: Is anyone using `autoconf`? I wonder if it's worth learning to > use, and what people use it for. (I've barely glanced over the > manuals for it, so far.) Use autoconf with automake. It's much easier to use the two in combination. If you fee