Thanks for the reply.
I put > /dev/null 2>&1 to switch off the email report, as I think it will go to my boss who's addess is registered for the account.
Plus wouldnt it send the finished .sql file too? I dont want that.
I would however like to send an email report to myself of success or fail. Would you know how to do that?
That'd be the icing on the cake for this project.