[OpenIndiana-discuss] possible to modify the log file location for CRON?

[Peter Tribble]

On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 6:34 AM, Jerry Kemp <sun.mail.list47 at oryx.us> wrote:

> Wondering if it is possible to change/configure the directory location for
> cron from the stock /var/cron/log location to somewhere else.
>

Not that I know of. It's hard-coded in the source.

Why do you want to change it?


> Looking at the man page, All I really see as configurable is that logging
> can be turned off in the /etc/default/cron file.  The PATH environmental
> variable can also be set here.
>
> I also ran strings across the 'cron' binary, in hopes of turning up
> something. If it is/was there, I missed it.
>
> Is it possible to configure the cron log file location using the 'as
> supplied' cron daemon that ships with OpenIndiana?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry
>
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