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Old 02-05-2007
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2> /tmp/file
var=$(wc -l /tmp/file)
if [ $var -gt 0 ]; then cat /tmp/file | mail -s "copy job error" your@e.mail; rm /tmp/file; fi

or generate an error log with timestamps