maybe dumb question

stryfetew · 03-08-2006, 12:27 PM

I'm trying to find a script of somesort that will email attactments to an outside address.. i've toyed with the mail command with no success.. is there any other way? what I'm wanting to do is email log files to myself in the mornings to review...

d3funct · 03-08-2006, 12:46 PM

Question 1) can you mail to an outside address from this box right now? Question 2) have you looked at the manpages for uuencode?

If you can mail outside the box try this:

uuencode whateverlogfile whateverlogfile |mail -s whateverlogfile me@outsideemail.address

uuencode will make the logfile an attachement and mail it.

stryfetew · 03-08-2006, 12:49 PM

I think that's it.. thanks alot man! now I gotta get it to email the log file for each day ;D thats another fun step

d3funct · 03-08-2006, 12:53 PM

Just make a cronjob

crontab -e
59 23 * * * 1-7 uuencode whateverlog whateverlog |mail -s whateverlog me@internet.com 2>/dev/null

Should do the trick, send the e-mail everyday at 2359.