Homebrew
brew update in crontab sends output when directed to dev/null
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I have my crontab configured to mail me when there is output. This helps alert me to failures or reports when I want them. Recently something changed. I now get mail whenever
And the mail I get is
How do I silent this output? |
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This isn't a Homebrew issue, but the order of your redirections is incorrect. I'd recommend you read the bash manual section on redirections to understand why this the case: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Redirections.html |
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Thank you @jonchang ! |
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BTW: I use something like "command 2>&1 | logger -t command-from-crontab" |
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This isn't a Homebrew issue, but the order of your redirections is incorrect. I'd recommend you read the bash manual section on redirections to understand why this the case: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Redirections.html