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Old 03-29-2005, 04:29 AM   #1
ladyath
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Mailing daily logs via cron?


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 *

What am I missing here?
Thanks!
 
Old 03-29-2005, 06:36 AM   #2
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Yaaaaargh!
Don't delete the old logs so casually!

don't throw information away, you'll almost always regret it!

Look at man logrotate and rotate and archive your logs

if you want them just in a mail message

cat *.log | mailx -s subject user @ blah.com

if you want an attachment

uuencode logs.tar logs.tar | mailx -s subject user @ blah.com

May work, depending on your MTA set-up at the other end, whether it decodes i think.
(outlook usually works, yahoo doesn't).

Otherwise look up your mailer how to attach a file.
I think mutt -a will send an attachment.
 
Old 03-29-2005, 06:49 AM   #3
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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.com this may fail
rm * this will NOT fail - but it isn't where you EXPECT it to be!?!?!
 
Old 03-29-2005, 11:51 PM   #4
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Thanks a lot This will definately work for me
 
  


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