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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Run a script based on the subject line of the email Post 302305863 by satekn on Friday 10th of April 2009 01:11:07 AM
Old 04-10-2009
i am trying to accomplish reding the subject line of the email and parsing the parameter to the script which i am creating to do the job.

The point is to run the script as soon as the email arrives.

Example:

Email: Sub: Dojob param1=ABC param2 = 3

i need a way to run the script like this. myscript.sh ABC 3.

Note: i already have the script which is run manually after reading the mail . I have to type the parameters and run it every single time. I now want a way or a program that can read this email subject(which has a fixed format) and run the script automatically.

I hope i am clear
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

ocf_heartbeat_mailto

OCF_HEARTBEAT_MAILTO(7) 					OCF resource agents					   OCF_HEARTBEAT_MAILTO(7)

NAME

       ocf_heartbeat_MailTo - Notifies recipients by email in the event of resource takeover

SYNOPSIS

       MailTo [start | stop | status | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]

DESCRIPTION

       This is a resource agent for MailTo. It sends email to a sysadmin whenever a takeover occurs.

SUPPORTED PARAMETERS

       email
	   The email address of sysadmin.  (required, string, no default)

       subject
	   The subject of the email.  (optional, string, no default)

SUPPORTED ACTIONS

       This resource agent supports the following actions (operations):

       start
	   Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 10.

       stop
	   Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 10.

       status
	   Performs a status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 10. Suggested interval: 10.

       monitor
	   Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 10. Suggested interval: 10.

       meta-data
	   Retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). Suggested minimum timeout: 5.

       validate-all
	   Performs a validation of the resource configuration. Suggested minimum timeout: 5.

EXAMPLE

       The following is an example configuration for a MailTo resource using the crm(8) shell:

	   primitive p_MailTo ocf:heartbeat:MailTo 
	     params 
	       email=string 
	     op monitor depth="0" timeout="10" interval="10"

SEE ALSO

       http://www.linux-ha.org/wiki/MailTo_(resource_agent)

AUTHOR

       Linux-HA contributors (see the resource agent source for information about individual authors)

resource-agents UNKNOWN 					    03/09/2014						   OCF_HEARTBEAT_MAILTO(7)
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