An uninvited visitor file 'mbox'
I check the home directory and find a extra files 'mbox'
me@alpha:~$ ls -l | grep 'mbox' | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
-rw------- 1 me me 315392 Jan 19 23:10 mbox
-rw-r--r-- 1 me me 0 Jan 19 23:10 mbox.lock
I did not create such a file intentially
me@alpha:~$ cat mbox | head -10 | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
From me@alpha Sun Jan 13 16:15:01 2019
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To: me@alpha
Subject: Cron <me@alpha> (cd ~/Documents/OrgMode; git add .; git commit -m "defensive save")
MIME-Version: 1.0
All the cron logs are stored in
me@alpha:~$ cat /var/mail/$USER | head -10 | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
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Subject: Cron <me@alpha> (cd ~/Documents/OrgMode; git add .; git commit -m "defensive save")
MIME-Version: 1.0
mbox is a redundancy
How could I check where the mbox come from?
cron
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I check the home directory and find a extra files 'mbox'
me@alpha:~$ ls -l | grep 'mbox' | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
-rw------- 1 me me 315392 Jan 19 23:10 mbox
-rw-r--r-- 1 me me 0 Jan 19 23:10 mbox.lock
I did not create such a file intentially
me@alpha:~$ cat mbox | head -10 | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
From me@alpha Sun Jan 13 16:15:01 2019
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Received: by alpha (Postfix, from userid 1000)
id D805C2C0FBE; Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:15:01 +0800 (CST)
From: root@alpha (Cron Daemon)
To: me@alpha
Subject: Cron <me@alpha> (cd ~/Documents/OrgMode; git add .; git commit -m "defensive save")
MIME-Version: 1.0
All the cron logs are stored in
me@alpha:~$ cat /var/mail/$USER | head -10 | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
From me@alpha Wed Jan 16 11:25:01 2019
Return-Path: <me@alpha>
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id D40C52C1345; Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:25:01 +0800 (CST)
From: root@alpha (Cron Daemon)
To: me@alpha
Subject: Cron <me@alpha> (cd ~/Documents/OrgMode; git add .; git commit -m "defensive save")
MIME-Version: 1.0
mbox is a redundancy
How could I check where the mbox come from?
cron
2
Not an answer, but just so you know, there's no reason to docat file | head
(UUOC), you can always dohead file
directly instead.
– terdon♦
Jan 21 at 11:04
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I check the home directory and find a extra files 'mbox'
me@alpha:~$ ls -l | grep 'mbox' | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
-rw------- 1 me me 315392 Jan 19 23:10 mbox
-rw-r--r-- 1 me me 0 Jan 19 23:10 mbox.lock
I did not create such a file intentially
me@alpha:~$ cat mbox | head -10 | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
From me@alpha Sun Jan 13 16:15:01 2019
Return-Path: <me@alpha>
X-Original-To: me
Delivered-To: me@alpha
Received: by alpha (Postfix, from userid 1000)
id D805C2C0FBE; Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:15:01 +0800 (CST)
From: root@alpha (Cron Daemon)
To: me@alpha
Subject: Cron <me@alpha> (cd ~/Documents/OrgMode; git add .; git commit -m "defensive save")
MIME-Version: 1.0
All the cron logs are stored in
me@alpha:~$ cat /var/mail/$USER | head -10 | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
From me@alpha Wed Jan 16 11:25:01 2019
Return-Path: <me@alpha>
X-Original-To: me
Delivered-To: me@alpha
Received: by alpha (Postfix, from userid 1000)
id D40C52C1345; Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:25:01 +0800 (CST)
From: root@alpha (Cron Daemon)
To: me@alpha
Subject: Cron <me@alpha> (cd ~/Documents/OrgMode; git add .; git commit -m "defensive save")
MIME-Version: 1.0
mbox is a redundancy
How could I check where the mbox come from?
cron
I check the home directory and find a extra files 'mbox'
me@alpha:~$ ls -l | grep 'mbox' | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
-rw------- 1 me me 315392 Jan 19 23:10 mbox
-rw-r--r-- 1 me me 0 Jan 19 23:10 mbox.lock
I did not create such a file intentially
me@alpha:~$ cat mbox | head -10 | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
From me@alpha Sun Jan 13 16:15:01 2019
Return-Path: <me@alpha>
X-Original-To: me
Delivered-To: me@alpha
Received: by alpha (Postfix, from userid 1000)
id D805C2C0FBE; Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:15:01 +0800 (CST)
From: root@alpha (Cron Daemon)
To: me@alpha
Subject: Cron <me@alpha> (cd ~/Documents/OrgMode; git add .; git commit -m "defensive save")
MIME-Version: 1.0
All the cron logs are stored in
me@alpha:~$ cat /var/mail/$USER | head -10 | sed "s/$USER/me/g"
From me@alpha Wed Jan 16 11:25:01 2019
Return-Path: <me@alpha>
X-Original-To: me
Delivered-To: me@alpha
Received: by alpha (Postfix, from userid 1000)
id D40C52C1345; Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:25:01 +0800 (CST)
From: root@alpha (Cron Daemon)
To: me@alpha
Subject: Cron <me@alpha> (cd ~/Documents/OrgMode; git add .; git commit -m "defensive save")
MIME-Version: 1.0
mbox is a redundancy
How could I check where the mbox come from?
cron
cron
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Not an answer, but just so you know, there's no reason to docat file | head
(UUOC), you can always dohead file
directly instead.
– terdon♦
Jan 21 at 11:04
add a comment |
2
Not an answer, but just so you know, there's no reason to docat file | head
(UUOC), you can always dohead file
directly instead.
– terdon♦
Jan 21 at 11:04
2
2
Not an answer, but just so you know, there's no reason to do
cat file | head
(UUOC), you can always do head file
directly instead.– terdon♦
Jan 21 at 11:04
Not an answer, but just so you know, there's no reason to do
cat file | head
(UUOC), you can always do head file
directly instead.– terdon♦
Jan 21 at 11:04
add a comment |
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Not an answer, but just so you know, there's no reason to do
cat file | head
(UUOC), you can always dohead file
directly instead.– terdon♦
Jan 21 at 11:04