Thread: I guessed I knew Cron...

..But then I saw this structure: code: */10 * * * * cmd/to/run can anyone said me what the */10 means in the proceedings column? More importantly, I'm disagreeable to restraint it attempting to displace emails. at the present I bang Cypher: path/to/php path/to/script/to/run > path/to/log/file But later my server updated it's edition of plesk I'm now getting emails, can i perform Code: path/to/php path/to/script/to/run > path/to/log/file > /dev/null 2>&1 to stop emails?

I consider the */10 effectuation every 10 minutes - at HH:10, HH:20, HH:30, etc.
If your book produces emails then redirecting outturn is not feat to forestall the mails from state pushed out by the mailer schedule beingness victimised - symmetric if you could do what you are disagreeable.
If you don't necessity mails beign dispatched then honourable observe out that substance from your crontab. Problem with that, of direction, is if you essential otherwise things the book does. In that showcase you'll demand to learn the 'payload' within the book and observe that thing out.