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Subject: Re: [update] XFCE4 & bgchanger
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BlackTopBum  writes:

> Michael Fierro was all like, you know, and said something like...
>
>>
>> I would recommend making a change to your crontab to increase legibility.
>> Instead of explicitly listing out the minutes, use:
>>
>> */5 * * * * killall -USR1 xfdesktop
>>
>> The "*/5" means "every 5 minutes". By the same token, "*/10 is every 10
>> minutes, */12 is every 12 minutes, etc...
>>
>
> Thank you, that's the very thing I was thinking about when I left for
> work. Having a problem tho'. If I'm not logged in cron sends the
> following message (for obvious reasons):
>
> Cron  killall -USR1 xfdesktop
> xfdesktop: no process killed
>
> I received 25 such notices last night alone .
>
> I'm scretchy at scripting, perhpas you can assist with this issue?

either in your crontab

MAILTO=/dev/null

or simply redirect the output to /dev/null on your cron line

details are in google






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