sending mail from command line won't work

disorderly · 06-09-2005, 11:10 AM

hello!
i've been experimenting writing some shell scripts to monitor our different systems and now i've added a line to email me if the server doesn't respond:

Code:

mail -s "Server Problem $HOST $DATE" $MAIL

where $mail is my admin@site.com address. i've also tried it from the command line but it just hangs and now i can't even kill the process
any ideas?
thanks,
drGiggles

keefaz · 06-09-2005, 11:20 AM

It does not hang, it is normal behaviour of mail command
it waits for user input so you can type your message
you end your message by typing ctrl-d

Also if you want use it in a script, try :

Code:

cat <<END | mail -s "Server Problem $HOST $DATE" $MAIL
server:  $HOST
date: $DATE

add more...
END

disorderly · 06-09-2005, 11:29 AM

excellent! it worked perfectly!
thanks for your quick reply!
i'll be putting this script to very good use today
- disorderly