On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:27:19AM +0200, Axel Luttgens wrote: > >> Or add such a line to your crontab: > >> > >> MAIL=yourself@your.virtual.domain > >> > >> so as to override the default recipient, ie the user the job > >> runs as. > > > > Probably a better idea, but that feature is not available in all > > known cron implementations. Mike should check his own crontab(1) > > manual. > > Do you mean that some distributions are liable to mess with such a > basic behavior of the venerable cron command? But yes, always a > good idea to check the relevant man pages. ;-)
In Linux land, Slackware uses the simpler Dillon's cron which lacks some of the features of the more popular Vixie cron. I bet a lot of commercial Unix flavors are also using simpler cron implementations than Vixie's. -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject:
