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John
John

Reputation: 2141

echo prints in cron job of linux system

Where does the echo prints of the cron job in linux goes [ If i didnt redirect into a file ]?

Have read about Mail transfer agent, Bit Bucket, STDOUT buffer are some of the options..

Not sure which option my linux system is using. Also how much size limits these options has

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1600

Answers (2)

Anthon
Anthon

Reputation: 76772

Your output will go to email. If nothing setup specifically, it will go to the user who setup the cron job. The mail for jobs in /etc/crontab go to root

You can set MAILTO in your crontab file to redirect the output via email to a specific email address.

Upvotes: 1

paxdiablo
paxdiablo

Reputation: 882196

By default, the output stream of a cron job is collected into a mail message and sent to the job owner.

But that's only the default. There are a great many way in which that can be changed.

Upvotes: 2

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