[TriLUG] Server script question

[WA Brown]

That'll work. I didnt know how to do email from the shell. Is there any way 
to limit the size of an email? Such as when the logfile gets so big then it 
will email that then when it gets that big again it will email that and so 
on?


WA Brown


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Myers" <volcimaster at gmail.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Server script question


> you can cron the job to run similar to the following:
>
> $ crontab -e
> 0 0 * * * mail -s 'log files' youremail at domain.extension <
> /path/to/log/files
>
> then save your crontab
>
> Warren
>
> On 7/12/06, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:
>>
>> How can I get the logs sent by email from my server to an email addy on a
>> regular basis?Such as the error log or access log? I dont know enough
>> scripting to figure it out. I use some shell scripts now.
>>
>>
>> WA Brown
>>
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