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Old 08-12-2010
How to change cronjob title?
Once I type "mail" command, I got to see the mail like below:

> 1 daemon Thu Aug 12 17:31 31/938 "Output from cron job "

My question is, how to do change the default title "Output from cron job " to be more customized title?

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 08-12-2010
If you modify your cron entry to send STDOUT and STDERR to mail, then you can specify the subject more descriptively, e.g.

Code:
  
15 3 * * 1-5 find $HOME-name core  2>&1 | mail -s "core-find output" <email-address>

Should do it...
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Old 08-12-2010
Tytalus is right. If you don't use the default action you can customise however you like.
Personally I try to only receive actual problems in root mail.
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Old 08-13-2010
Okay, will try that. Thanks Smilie
# 5  
Old 08-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tytalus
If you modify your cron entry to send STDOUT and STDERR to mail, then you can specify the subject more descriptively, e.g.

Code:
  
15 3 * * 1-5 find $HOME-name core  2>&1 | mail -s "core-find output" <email-address>

Should do it...
Hi I tested the above, but I still got default title of "Output from cron job ...". Is it possible not to even have that?

Secondly, the subject was being trim 7 character from "Output from cron job". Is it possible to change the view to see the entire subject title once I type "mail"?
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