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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 03:22:18 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>>> This seems to be working. Since I added the null bit to the script |
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>>>> itself, it hasn't sent a email. I don't know if it will if it fails |
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>>>> but I still have weekly backups as well. |
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>>> If you only redirect stdout to /dev/null and leave stderr alone, you |
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>>> should still see errors. But a better option would be to have your |
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>>> script only send output when something goes wrong. |
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>> That sounds complicated. I've never been good at what y'all call |
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>> scripting. I'm just glad it does it for me so I don't forget. |
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> Not really. ">/dev/null" redirects stdout to null. You added 2>&1, which |
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> redirects stderr to stdout, effectively throwing away any error messages. |
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> Post your backup script and we'll be able to help more. |
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I left the last bit off as well. I just put in the null part. I may do |
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something to force it to screw up, like umount the drive, and see what |
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it does. To be honest tho, I just wanted the emails to stop for that |
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script. I have other backups anyway, just not as frequent. |
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Dale |
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:-) :_) |
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