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stuart.gibson@bridgeman.co.uk writes:

> Is there any way of instructing cron to only email me if the cron job 
> fails?

Mail is only sent if there is output.  Make sure there's no output if
the job succeeds (perhaps by redirecting it) and you'll be all set.