Let me explain this a bit more. We were working on a solution that our toolserver sends me an affordable quantity of e-mails that can be read. As cron sends a mail if the timed command has some output, it is supposed to bother me only in case of some problem if I redirect standard output to /dev/null. But this is not the case:

binaris@tron:~/ pywikipedia$ python figyelmet.py >/dev/null NOTE: You have new messages on wikipedia:hu

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Bugs item #3605062, was opened at 2013-02-17 06:02 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by tgr_ You can respond by visiting:

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Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: other Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Tgr (tgr_) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: pywikipediabot should use standard output

Initial Comment: All pywikipedia messages go to standard error, making the proper running of such bots from cron very difficult. Normal messages should go to standard output, and only suprising messages (python errors, block notifications, new message notifcations) should go to standard error.

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