Re: Help with Crontab script?

robert wrote:
Hello, I'm rather new to linux and was wondering if someone could
assist me in writing a crontab?

I want to tar a file daily and send it to an email address.

I think I can figure out how to write a crontab to tar the file daily
but how do I write one to email it as an attachment daily? I haven't
quite figured out email in linux yet.

Thanks for any help.



The simplest way to send an email with an attachment from a script is to use "mutt". For example (watch for wrapping!):

echo "File is attached" | mutt -s "Daily Report" -a /tmp/report.tar.gz someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

If you don't want a text body, you still need the echo:

echo | mutt ........

So the whole script is pretty damn simple:

--------------------------
#!/bin/bash

tar czf /tmp/report.tar.gz /path/to/the/file.txt
echo "report" | mutt -s "report" -a /tmp/report.tar.gz self@xxxxxxxxxx
--------------------------

Warning, example is untested and needs some customization, anyway.

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Ogre
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