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# sk106653 - How to suppress entries from initiation of a cron job to /var/log/messages

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk106653 |
| Date Created | 2015-06-29 |
| Last Modified | 2015-07-02 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Security Gateway, Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Linux, Gaia |

## Solution

**How to suppress entries from initiation of a cron job to /var/log/messages**   

**Note:** This will not disable the cron job itself, just the issued log.

Cron Job writes an entry to /var/log/messages, which some users may wish to silence.

Add the following entry at the end of a command string in crontab: "\> /dev/null 2\>\&1"

This will redirect any messages from STDOUT and STDERR generated by this cronjob to /dev/null which is a designated discard path.

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