clamtk does not redirect stdout for its cron job

I have noticed that clamtk only redirects stderr to /dev/null and not stdout. if I change the cronjob it creates to also redirect stdout, will that effect the log file it creates? I want to use the cronjob as a template for using clamscan and need to be sure this will not affect the logging feature. I would test this myself but I have no virus on hand and I am not skilled enough to risk getting one off of the internet. below is the cronjob in question: /usr/bin/clamscan --database=/home/myhome/.clamtk/db -i -r /home/myhome --log="$HOME/.clamtk/history/$(date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log" 2>/dev/null below is the cronjob I want to know if it will affect logging function: /usr/bin/clamscan --database=/home/myhome/.clamtk/db -i -r /home/myhome --log="$HOME/.clamtk/history/$(date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log" > /dev/null 2>&1 EDIT: had a false positive and logging was fine in both ways.