RE: Auto-mail Script Woes (Solved)

2000-12-10 Thread Brad Doster
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Auto-mail Script Woes (Solved) Brad Doster wrote: > I guess writing this up was therapeutic. :-) > > Getting mail to work from within the script was a matter using double > quotes -- instead of... > > /sbin/ifconfig | mail -s $CURRTIME

Re: Auto-mail Script Woes (Solved)

2000-12-10 Thread Bret Hughes
Brad Doster wrote: > I guess writing this up was therapeutic. :-) > > Getting mail to work from within the script was a matter using double > quotes -- instead of... > > /sbin/ifconfig | mail -s $CURRTIME-$DYNIPADDR [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ..using... > > /sbin/ifconfig | mail -s "$CURRTIME-$DYNIPAD

RE: Auto-mail Script Woes

2000-12-09 Thread Brad Doster
CTED]]On Behalf Of Harry Putnam Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 3:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Auto-mail Script Woes "Brad Doster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a client running RH 6.2 as a DSL router. The DSL address is dynamic, > so to keep tabs on the sys

RE: Auto-mail Script Woes

2000-12-09 Thread Brad Doster
Hi Harry, Don't know if you saw it, but I found a solution, posted in "RE: Auto-mail Script Woes (Solved)". I'll keep your ideas on file for later perusal and dissection -- as you might have picked up, I want to learn things from this, not just "get it to work&quo

Re: Auto-mail Script Woes

2000-12-09 Thread Harry Putnam
"Brad Doster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a client running RH 6.2 as a DSL router. The DSL address is dynamic, > so to keep tabs on the system, I have a cron script that sends me its > ifconfig once per hour. I'm trying to get mail or elm to use a subject line > like... > > 001209_131

RE: Auto-mail Script Woes (Solved)

2000-12-09 Thread Brad Doster
I guess writing this up was therapeutic. :-) Getting mail to work from within the script was a matter using double quotes -- instead of... /sbin/ifconfig | mail -s $CURRTIME-$DYNIPADDR [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...using... /sbin/ifconfig | mail -s "$CURRTIME-$DYNIPADDR" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...got it to

Re: Auto-mail Script Woes

2000-12-09 Thread Harry Putnam
"Brad Doster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a client running RH 6.2 as a DSL router. The DSL address is dynamic, > so to keep tabs on the system, I have a cron script that sends me its > ifconfig once per hour. I'm trying to get mail or elm to use a subject line > like... > > 001209_1315