the logger command may be a better choice than a static file. On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Let me look into it. > > Pat > > > On 11/15/2013 07:19 PM, William Taylor wrote: >> >> In /etc/cron.daily/yum-autoupdate if yum exits with an error it will >> never be considered an >> error because cat will exit with no error. This results with errors not >> being processed and >> emails not going out. Can this be re-written to not rely on cat so this >> won't happen ? >> >> /usr/bin/yum -c $TEMPCONFIGFILE -e 0 -d 1 -y $SECURITY update 2>&1 | cat >>> >>> $TEMPFILE >> >> >> Thanks, >> William > > > > -- > Pat Riehecky > > Scientific Linux developer > http://www.scientificlinux.org/