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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
index cb849b5..35772ef 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fi
host=`hostname`
export host
-tmp_output=/var/run/periodic.$$
+tmp_output=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/periodic.$$
# Execute each executable file in the directory list. If the x bit is not
# set, assume the user didn't really want us to muck with it (it's a
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ do
eval output=\$${arg##*/}_output
case "$output" in
/*) pipe="cat >>$output";;
- *) pipe="mail -s '$host ${arg##*/} run output' ${output:-root}";;
+ "") pipe=cat
+ *) pipe="mail -s '$host ${arg##*/} run output' $output";;
esac
success=YES info=YES badconfig=NO # Defaults when ${run}_* aren't YES/NO
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