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Maaz
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тАО04-01-2008 04:58 AM

тАО04-01-2008 04:58 AM

how to send email from cron

I wana send an email with attachment to root on regular basis, but following cron job never runs, plz help

57 15 * * * (echo "Subject: Quota Report";echo;echo)|/usr/bin/mail root -a "/quotareport.txt"



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Ivan Ferreira
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тАО04-01-2008 05:46 AM

тАО04-01-2008 05:46 AM

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Re: how to send email from cron

Use the following command:

mail -s "Quota Report" root < /quotareport.txt
Por que hacerlo dificil si es posible hacerlo facil? - Why do it the hard way, when you can do it the easy way?
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Maaz
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тАО04-01-2008 09:31 AM

тАО04-01-2008 09:31 AM

Re: how to send email from cron

since I wana send the file as an attachment, I use the command in cron

57 15 /usr/bin/mail -s "Quota Report" -a /quotareport.txt root

DONE :)
Thanks n Regards
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skt_skt
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тАО04-02-2008 07:08 AM

тАО04-02-2008 07:08 AM

Re: how to send email from cron

echo "Console IP NOT available now for ${i}" |sendmail t.kumar@xxx.com


using sendmail
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