how to script a mail command

[Maciej Szewczykowski]

hi all,
got HP workstation an several scripts running. one of them is responsible for creating daily archives. now: i would like it to warn me via e-mail in case one of the archived files is corrupted (no matter bout the verification procedure).
the question is: how to include a "mail" command within a script, so that a short communicate is generated and sent to an address given?
thanks in advance.

[Mark Grant]

mailx -s "Here is the subject" me@mydomain.no << EOF
Here is the
text of the mail

It isn't too useful though
EOF

[Rajeev Shukla]

Hi,
If its shell scripts, then after the command you can verify the return code which is "$?" check if its not "0" that means the command did not complete successfully and you can then write your action like mailx or send an snmp trap.

[John Carr_2 · Accepted solution]

mailx -s "URGENT WARNING" maciei@mydomain.com < /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log


:-) John.