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   Subject: Re: [update] XFCE4 & bgchanger   
   Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:18:45 +0100   
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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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