On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 17:54 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > 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? You took the words right out of my mouth :-) poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
