Need Help in constructing a Script
 

Am using postfix running on CentOS 5.3. It has the "always_bcc" function enabled for backup of the mails. The "mailbox_size_limit" is set to 1GB.

When this limit for "backup" is reached, the system starts giving error and we transfer the contents of this "backup file" which is /var/spool/mail/backup to some other file and make this as an empty file to start over again.

I need to automate the whole process in the sense that the system should check for the size of /var/spool/mail/backup file every one hour and when the size reaches to 1GB, it should execute the commands as:

service postfix stop
cp /var/spool/mail/backup /home/backup/<some_name>
> /var/spool/mail/backup
service postfix start

I am not having much idea about shell scripting - Can any one help in constructing such a script ?



thnaking in advance
rajesh.bahl

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is being closed because it is a duplicate of http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...script-730865/.