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From: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: cron log fills up: read: Not a typewriter
Message-ID: <768@smurf.ira.uka.de>
Date: 28 Jan 89 18:14:39 GMT
Reply-To: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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Big problem: Afer a few minutes, my cron log file fills with lines
! read: Not a typewriter
which fills the HD pretty fast. What causes this error and is there any
way to correct it without reloading /etc/cron? (I do not have eschatology
partitions because I try to run with one 40 MB HD, my tape drive is with a
friend right now, and I don't have a second HD to restore the tape onto :-( )?

Related question: Since this mess of "file system full" messages stops me
from doing anything but press the RESET button, how do I redirect the console
to a TTYP, PTYP, or a FIFO? (The last option is preferred because I don't
have to program anything in that case -- simply run LESS with that fifo
for stdin and the problem is solved (or so I imagine)).

Thanks. -- Matthias

PS: I didn't try to remove /usr/lib/cron/log since that would at most
stop the symptom, but not the cause.
-- 
Matthias Urlichs -- Humboldtstrasse 7 -- 7500 Karlsruhe 1 -- FRG
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