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# 1  
Old 11-20-2013
[Solved] Cronjob question about root emails.
I'm running a few cronjobs under a differnt user name that basically do the same thing:

Code:
/usr/bin/find /home/userid/userid/archives -mtime +30 -type f -exec /usr/bin/gzip -1vN {} \\\; ; /usr/bin/mv /home/userid/userid/archives/*.gz /msgs/archive_msgs >/dev/null 2>&1

Seems to be working except I keep getting email from root telling me about the execution. When I run the mail command under the other userid:

Code:
Message 90:
From root Wed Nov 20 
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 
From: root
To: userid
Subject: Output from cron job /usr/bin/find cronjob line

Cron Environment:
Code:
 SHELL = /usr/bin/sh
 PATH=/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/java5/jre/bin:/usr/java5/bin
 CRONDIR=/var/spool/cron/crontabs
 ATDIR=/var/spool/cron/atjobs
 LOGNAME=userid
 HOME=/home/userid

Your "cron" job executed on server on Wed Nov 20 <time>
/usr/bin/find /home/userid/userid/archives -mtime +30 -type f -exec /usr/bin/gzip -1vN {} \\\; ; /usr/bin/mv /home/userid/userid/archives/*.gz /msgs/archive_msgs >/dev/null 2>&1

produced the following output:
.......
_______________________________________________
I tried using MAIL="" before each line and added the /dev/null and I still get email from root. How can I disable root from sending email to my other userid mailbox about my cronjob executing whether successfully or not?
Last edited by Franklin52; 11-20-2013 at 03:17 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags per the Forum Rules
# 2  
Old 11-22-2013
I'm not familiar with AIX systems, but man crontab on my linux says:
Quote:
... If MAILTO is defined but empty (MAILTO=""), no mail will be sent. ...
# 3  
Old 11-22-2013
I have that in there and its probably working and my userid running the cronjob most likely isnt sending email. My issue seems to be that root is sending the email to my userid mailbox reporting about the status of the userid cronjob. I'm trying, I guess, to stop root from reporting to my userid mailbox about my cronjobs.
# 4  
Old 11-22-2013
It also might help to omit gzip's verbose option -v. If there is no output from the cronjob, no mail will be sent.
# 5  
Old 11-22-2013
Sure you had MAILTO="" in there?

Quote:
Originally Posted by aixnj
I tried using MAIL="" before each line ...
# 6  
Old 11-22-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by hergp
It also might help to omit gzip's verbose option -v. If there is no output from the cronjob, no mail will be sent.
I just edited the crontab and removed -v. Its strange I cant test it as I schedule a copied line with the current time to run now, and it runs fine with no email. But even if I run it now with the same option -v, no MAILTO= added, or /dev/null added it runs fine and I get no email. Its when it runs in the scheduled AM times is when the mail comes so I wont be able to report back if it actually worked until it runs tonight.

Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Sure you had MAILTO="" in there?
Yes before each line on its own line.
# 7  
Old 11-26-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by hergp
It also might help to omit gzip's verbose option -v. If there is no output from the cronjob, no mail will be sent.
That didnt work Smilie
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