Re: Cron and Anacron for newbies (noffle also)

From: David Mandelberg (webmaster_at_eth0.is-a-geek.org)
Date: 11/28/04

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    Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:26:22 -0500
    To: Scotty Fitzgerald <sfitz007@bestweb.net>
    
    
    

    Scotty Fitzgerald wrote:
    > 1) how do I verify that one of the jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ ran to
    > successful completion
    The output of the jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ is emailed to root, so you
    just need to set up a mta to forward it to your real address (unless you
    already have a working mta config, in which case, just check root's mail).

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