Tim O'Brien wrote: > > I'm trying to get one of the Linux boxes I run to send me it's IP address > by Email every time it logs onto the Internet (it has a [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dynamic IP > address). For some reason, the script doesn't work. It creates a file that > contains the data it's supposed to (ipinfo.txt), but I never get the Email. > However, typing > > mail -s IPINFO [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /etc/ppp/ipinfo.txt > > on the command line causes the mail to be sent.. I'm baffled. Any ideas > what I did wrong? (A copy of the ip-up script follows)
> echo Peer IP Number: $5 >> /etc/ppp/ipinfo.txt > > mail -s IPINFO [EMAIL PROTECTED] < ipinfo.txt Does it work if you put the full pathname in the maili statement like you do for the echo statements? mail -s IPINFO [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /etc/ppp/ipinfo.txt -- ...RickM... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
