[CentOS] use of MAILTO variable in crontab
m.roth at 5-cent.us
m.roth at 5-cent.us
Wed Jul 13 19:26:02 UTC 2011
James B. Byrne wrote:
>
> On Wed Jul 13 15:03:40 EDT 2011, Michael Best mbest at pendragon.org
> wrote:
>> Like this:
>>
>> MAILTO=testaddr at harte-lyne.ca
>> 30 2 * * * echo "this should be mailed"
>
> That sets MAILTO for the entire crontab does it not? I want to set
> MAILTO differently for specific crontab entries. Is that possible?
> How is it done? Or do I have to pipe stuff to /usr/bin/mail
> explicitly?
30 2 * * * echo "this should be mailed" | mail -s "important email"
testaddr at harte-lyne.ca
will work.
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