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From: mel@fleet.UUCP (mel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Supress Error Message
Keywords: Error cron
Message-ID: <52@fleet.UUCP>
Date: 23 Nov 89 10:13:45 GMT
Organization: Fleet Parts & Equipment, Inc.
Lines: 42

I'm using the following "C" script to check for the presence of unsent
mail etc under Xenix 386 ver 2.3.1. 

#! /bin/csh
#
# call only on demand
#
foreach i (rex cbay)
    foreach j (/usr/spool/uucp/$i/C.$i*)
        if (-e $j) then
            /usr/lib/uucp/uucico -r1 -s$i
        endif
        break
    end
end


The above script is triggered by the following line in my root cron file.

0,15,30,45  * * * *     csh /usr/lib/uucp/uucall >/dev/null

Whenever either the directories the script is checking for are empty
and/or erased by uuclean an error message like the following is sent to
the root user. (These keep filling up my root mail file every 15 minutes.)

*************************************************
Cron: The previous message is the standard output
      and standard error of one of your cron commands.

From root Thu Nov 16 18:15:01 1989
To: root
Date: Thu Nov 16 18:15:00 1989
foreach: No match.


HOW CAN I ALTER THIS SCRIPT TO AVOID THE SENDING OF THIS MESSAGE FOR BOTH
OF THE TWO CASES STATED ABOVE?

Thanks in advance,

Mel Shear
!rex!mgse!fleet!mel