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From: arnold@emoryu2.cc.emory.edu (Arnold D. Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: chatty cron
Keywords: Software
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Date: 18 Apr 89 22:20:11 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 230, message 13 of 16

A while back I asked about the chatty cron in SunOS 4.0.  The major reason
I complained was that I remember getting lots of empty mail from cron,
although that does not seem reproducible now.

In any case, a number of kind readers have convinced me that the way the
4.0 cron works is a feature and not a bug, and that it's nice to easily be
able to know what's happening in the wee hours of the morning.

Thanks to all who replied,

Arnold Robbins -- Emory University Computing Center
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