From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 7 13:54:54 2008 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 051041065678 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:54:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from d.hill@yournetplus.com) Received: from duane.dbq.yournetplus.com (duane.dbq.yournetplus.com [65.124.230.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D19008FC2E for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:54:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from d.hill@yournetplus.com) Received: by duane.dbq.yournetplus.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D2BAF27E461; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by duane.dbq.yournetplus.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB41527E45F; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:54:52 +0000 (UTC) From: D Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> X-X-Sender: d.hill@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <44iqytn5sf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0804071351190.72128@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> References: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0804042327290.20308@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> <44iqytn5sf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] cronjob - email messages sent X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:54:54 -0000 On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 at 09:38 -0400, freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org...: > D Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> writes: > >> I have several cronjob's set up on a server we have under the user root. I >> need to specify specific email addresses results are sent to. >> >> Using documentation from: >> >> man 5 crontab >> >> I thought I could surround the jobs: >> >> ... >> MAILTO="root,someoneelse" >> @hourly /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u internalonly status >> 30 8 * * * /usr/local/bin/mysql -u internalonly < /root/mysql.optimize >> */15 * * * * mysql -u internalonly < /root/delete_rad_usersonline >> 0 */4 * * * mysql -u internalonly < /root/delete_rad_authlog_failed >> MAILTO="root" >> ... >> >> It works for @hourly, but not for the other three. > > I don't have a chance to look into it now, but it should definitely > work the way you have done it. [I usually invoke sendmail directly on > the crontab line if I want mail output, so I haven't any experience to > draw on here.] > > You might want to check whether the order of the schedule lines matters. It is working. Checking the man page for cron: %man cron ... The cron utility then wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, checking each command to see if it should be run in the current minute. >From this, I gathered they were read from top to bottom.