topic Re: Emailing user on script completion in Operating System - Linux

Emailing user on script completion

Alex Rauket — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:08:31 GMT

Hello,

I have been programming a FORTRAN program that, when complete, will take many days to execute.

I am looking for a UNIX system command that I can call in order to email the user on completion. I would like it to be a single line command, as these are simple to program into FORTRAN.

I am faily new to the UNIX environment but I have used program sthat do this, so I know it's possible.

Thanks for all your help.

Re: Emailing user on script completion

Darrel Louis — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:19:37 GMT

Hi,

I'm not a programmer and don't know Fortran at all.
Is the program started from a scheduler (like cron) or is it called within a shell-script.

Within unix you can use mailx, to sent a mail.

Darrel

Re: Emailing user on script completion

Sandman! — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:22:26 GMT

Alex...take a look at the "system" command under FORTRAN. That's probably what you are looking for. Something like...

value=system("mailx -s subject mailaddress")

enjoy!

Re: Emailing user on script completion

Jakes Louw — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:10:20 GMT

In HP-UX, it's very simple:

echo $MESSAGE_STRING | mailx -s Subject me@mydomain

So if you can firstly build the string in FORTRAN, then execute the UNIX commannd line, you're away.