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On Tuesday 04 May 2010 23:40:20 Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> Mick writes: |
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> > I am getting a bit confused from the messages that I receive in my |
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> > gmail account sent from my crontab. |
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> > |
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> > First, is related to the title which is: |
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> > |
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> > Cron <root@mylaptop> test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && |
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> > /usr/sbin/run-crons |
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> > |
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> > I am not sure what this "test -x" part represents? |
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> |
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> It means: If /usr/sbin/run-crons is executable, execute it. It could also |
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> be written as |
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> [ -x /usr/sbin/run-crons ] && /usr/sbin/run-crons |
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> or |
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> f=/usr/sbin/run-crons |
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> if [ -x $f ] |
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> then |
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> $f |
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> fi |
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Thank you, I understand what the test does. What I am not sure is why this is |
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printed on the title of the email. Where is what is printed on the email |
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title controlled from? Is it editable? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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