Re: How to send mail with content automatically?

1230987za@xxxxxxxxx writes:

00 9 * * 0 (echo "You can use this link as example http://some web
link address" | mail me@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -s "Please send me your
status" )

I received an error email saying the following,

/bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
/bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file


Do you know what is wrong?

You are trying to solve two problems at once.

Create a script, and first get the script working. Then call the
script from cron.
.

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