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diff --git a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
--- a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd June 19, 2026
+.Dd November 11, 2026
.Dt PERIODIC.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@
Refer to the
.Xr periodic 8
manual page for how script return codes are interpreted.
+.It Ao Ar dir Ac Ns Va _show_empty_output
+.Pq Vt bool
+Set to
+.Dq Li YES
+to still send an email even if no output was produced for the scripts
+found in
+.Ar dir .
.It Va anticongestion_sleeptime
.Pq Vt int
The maximum number of seconds to randomly sleep in order to smooth bursty loads
diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
--- a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd June 18, 2020
+.Dd November 11, 2026
.Dt PERIODIC 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -136,11 +136,10 @@
.Ql /
and is not empty, it is assumed to contain a list of email addresses, and
the output is mailed to them.
-If
+If the script did not produce any output, no email is sent, unless
.Ao Ar basedir Ac Ns Va _show_empty_output
is set to
-.Dq Li NO ,
-then no mail will be sent if the output was empty.
+.Dq Li YES .
.Pp
If
.Ao Ar basedir Ac Ns Va _output
diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
--- a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
# set, assume the user didn't really want us to muck with it (it's a
# README file or has been disabled).
-success=YES info=YES badconfig=NO empty_output=YES # Defaults when ${run}_* aren't YES/NO
+success=YES info=YES badconfig=NO empty_output=NO # Defaults when ${run}_* aren't YES/NO
for var in success info badconfig empty_output; do
case $(eval echo "\$${arg##*/}_show_$var") in
[Yy][Ee][Ss]) eval $var=YES;;
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
done
done
if [ $empty = TRUE ]; then
- if [ $empty_output = TRUE ]; then
+ if [ $empty_output = YES ]; then
[ $processed = 1 ] && plural= || plural=s
echo "No output from the $processed file$plural processed"
fi

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