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Hi there
I would like to mail the contents of a directory, but not quite sure on the script to do this. What needs to happen:
1) Tar all the files in the directory
2) Mail the tar file
3) Clear the directory
To script this as a daily cron, would this be correct?
Code:
#!/bin/sh
cd /var/logs/snort
tar -cf logs.tar /var/log/snort/*
mail logs.tar myemail@somewhere.com
rm *
Advice: don't ever use rm * in a script.
use rm /var/logs/snort/*
Consider this:
Quote:
#!/bin/sh
cd /var/logs/snort fails (no such dir or wrong permissions
tar -cf logs.tar /var/log/snort/* this may fail
mail logs.tar myemail@somewhere.comthis may fail
rm * this will NOT fail - but it isn't where you EXPECT it to be!?!?!
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