On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 09:08:16AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 17:54 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > On 29Jul2008 22:17, Ed Kasky <ed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > At 10:06 PM Tuesday, 7/29/2008, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote -=> > > >> On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 21:05 -0700, Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: > > >> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 04:29:44PM -0400, Max Pyziur wrote: > > >> > The above addresses stdout as requested > > >> > also consider stderr.. > > >> > 2 1 * * * $HOME/bin/check-calendar > /dev/null 2>&1 < > > >> /dev/null & > > >> > > >> What's the final "&" for? > > > > > > From - http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/ch02sec20.html > > > > > > For background processing (With &, use to put particular command and > > > program in background) > > > [linux-command] & > > > > > > For example - $ ls / -R | wc -l & > > > > And pointless in a cron job line. > > Patrick knows what it does, he's wondering why. So am I. > > You're aware cron runs jobs when they're due, even if other jobs are not > > yet finished? > > You took the words right out of my mouth :-) > Not sure when this sliped in.... Perhaps on my old Idris system. Or when I was last testing it on a Wyse50 terminal. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Looking for a place to hang my hat. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
