Re: Help with Crontab script?
tar cvfz myfile.tar.gz mydir; mutt -s "My Tar File" -a myfile.tar.gz myemail@xxxxxxxxx
On 2007-10-30, robert <robertbabula@xxxxxxxxx> 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.
.
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