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From: prg@mgweed.UUCP (Gunsul)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How can one avoid sending mail after an `at' ?
Summary: Stdout & stderr
Keywords: at mail /dev/null
Message-ID: <7775@mgweed.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 91 15:06:46 GMT
References: <1991Jan10.085555.3150@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr>
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In article <1991Jan10.085555.3150@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr>, sap@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr (Jacques Sap) writes:
> The man pages say:
> 
> >     Standard output and standard error output are mailed to  the
> >     user  unless  they  are  redirected  elsewhere.
> 
> So I tried "at now +......    >& /dev/null"
> 
> But I still receive mail after completion, how to avoid it ?
> -- 
> Jacques SAP     Alcatel Alsthom Recherche
> 		Route de Nozay, 91460 MARCOUSSIS, FRANCE
>                 Tel. 64.49.11.47, sap@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr


Try redirecting BOTH output and error using

		...  2>&1 > /dev/null


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