PERL Beginners - perl cron help

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perl cron help

elroyerni

2007-03-28, 6:59 pm

Hi -

I wrote a perl script to monitor stuff in a log file and send me a
email if something funny happens. It works fine if I run it manually
via the command line and put it in the background:
../bofa.pl &

But if i set it to cron, I don't get a email even though I know I
should.. Any suggestions?
Here's my cron entry:
0 * * * * /u/dchun/bofa.pl & >> /dev/null 2>&1

Thanks,

usenet@DavidFilmer.com

2007-03-28, 6:59 pm

On Mar 28, 1:37 pm, "elroyerni" <davechu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's my cron entry:
> 0 * * * * /u/dchun/bofa.pl & >> /dev/null 2>&1

It doesn't really make sense to background a cron process - they
already are running in the background.

There is also no need to redirect STDOUT or STDERR; the cron job is
not attached to a console.

elroyerni

2007-03-28, 6:59 pm

On Mar 28, 3:41 pm, use...@DavidFilmer.com wrote:
> On Mar 28, 1:37 pm, "elroyerni" <davechu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> It doesn't really make sense to background a cron process - they
> already are running in the background.
>
> There is also no need to redirect STDOUT or STDERR; the cron job is
> not attached to a console.

Thanks for the tip, i knew i was missing something dumb.. Let me try
it out. thanks again!

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