logging cronjob non-zero return codes

[Tim Writer]

Fraser Campbell <fraser-eicrhRFjby5dCsDujFhwbypxlwaOVQ5f at public.gmane.org> writes:

> Does anyone know if there's a way to make cron log failed return codes from
> scripts?  For example on solaris, /var/cron/log will contain entries such as:
> 
> 
>    <  root 12978 c Fri Nov  4 02:01:00 2005 rc=1

How about this?

    mm hh dd MM wd some-script || logger rc=$?

I'm not aware of a builtin.

Cheers,

Tim

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