by Ken Task.
We all know there is not one way to admin a Moodle server.
I proposed the redirect to OP .. not my original idea ... Steven Terrier (sp?) original poster about redirect to log file.
It's always been the recommendation that one have 2 instances of a moodle - one production and one that's a clone of production with which to tinker. That means 2 cron jobs. Using the recommended redirect as in docs, one is blind. Don't have anything to look at cept the notice from moodle.
I install a thing called multitail - allows watching serveral logs in realtime ... on a server that has 4 different versions of moodle, I have redirect to a log file for each instance. I can watch all 4 of those cron jobs at once using a log file for each instance.
Also, never thought it a good idea to send email to web service user ... besides that, it's using local host sendmail and system has an inbox size limit ... 40 M I think. When inbox for that user reaches 40M, no more mail.
I find my method handy for sites with many courses and doing autobackups.
As usual ... to each their own! ![smile smile]()
'SoS', Ken