On 29Jul2008 22:17, Ed Kasky <ed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 10:06 PM Tuesday, 7/29/2008, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote -=> >> On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 21:05 -0700, Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: >> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 04:29:44PM -0400, Max Pyziur wrote: >> > The above addresses stdout as requested >> > also consider stderr.. >> > 2 1 * * * $HOME/bin/check-calendar > /dev/null 2>&1 < >> /dev/null & >> >> What's the final "&" for? > > From - http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/ch02sec20.html > > For background processing (With &, use to put particular command and > program in background) > [linux-command] & > > For example - $ ls / -R | wc -l & And pointless in a cron job line. Patrick knows what it does, he's wondering why. So am I. You're aware cron runs jobs when they're due, even if other jobs are not yet finished? -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ It takes seven or eight people to send a FAX. - Anonymous IRS guy -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
