On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:54:06PM +0000, brainf...@posteo.net wrote: > when i run a cronjob the output from the job is stored and mailed when the > job finishes. where is this output stored? can i read it while the job is > running?
There might be a temp file or there might not. It's best not to poke around the internals of system utilities without a dire need. Just focus on your actual goal: you have a cron job that takes a long time to run, and you want to see the output in progress. Just use tee(1) to save a copy of the output in a file of your choice. a b c d e /my/job 2>&1 | tee /var/tmp/my-job-output Bear in mind that output from /my/job may be buffered.
