Subject: bin/651: cron logfiles are terminated by a line with a single period
To: None <gnats-admin@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: None <ram@cs.arizona.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/20/1994 09:05:03
>Number:         651
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       cron logfiles are terminated by a line with a single period
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 20 09:05:01 1994
>Originator:     
>Organization:
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>Release:        
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD janis 1.0 NetBSD 1.0 (JANIS) #3: Tue Nov 22 19:53:10 MST 1994 ram@janis.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/JANIS i386


>Description:
	The log file that is email to the owner of a cron job can be
	terminated by a line that contains only a period.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Run the following command as a cron job
#! /bin/csh

echo Running the shell script
echo ""
echo Next line has only a period on it
echo .
echo This will be dropped
exit
	The last line will not be sent back.
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: