[NTLUG:Discuss] How to get mv to not report when there are no files?

[Rick Renshaw]

--- Neil Aggarwal <neil at JAMMConsulting.com> wrote:

> Hello:
> 
> I have a cron job with this command:
> mv /home/johnc/* /var/www/html/incoming
> 
> If there is a file in the /home/johnc directory, I get
> no output, but when the directory is empty, I get this
> notification to the root email account:
> 
> mv: cannot stat `/home/johnc/*': No such file or directory
> 
> This job runs every 5 minutes so this is annoying.
> 
> Is there a way to supress that output?
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Neil
> 
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Easiest way would be 
mv /home/johnc/* /var/www/html/incoming > /dev/null



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