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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers BASH script that sends text message or email Post 302437636 by msb65 on Thursday 15th of July 2010 04:27:03 PM
Old 07-15-2010
Hi Jim,

Thank you very much for the reply! A few questions:

- I didn't appear to have mailx installed. When I typed mailx the following was returned:

Code:
mike@mikebrown-desktop:~/Desktop$ mailx
The program 'mailx' can be found in the following packages:
 * heirloom-mailx
 * mailutils
Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>

I installed mailutils (GNU Mailutils - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)). Was that best option? Supposedly it has replaced mailx.

- Do you have any advice on how to use a unix mail function to check mail at a specific email address. I wonder if it is possible to receive an email from my script, respond to that email, and have the script perform a task depending on my response. Thanks again for your help.

Mike

---------- Post updated at 03:27 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:50 PM ----------

I also wonder if there is additional configurations I need to do because I have not received any of the emails I sent myself.

Mike
 

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SCRIPT-EMAIL(8) 					  System Administration Commands					   SCRIPT-EMAIL(8)

NAME
script-email - Amanda script to send email notifications DESCRIPTION
script-email is an Amanda script implementing the Script API. It should not be run by users directly. It sends a notification email to the addresses specified in the MAILTO property. PROPERTIES
This section lists the properties that control script-email's functionality. See amanda-scripts(7) for information on the Script API, script configuration. MAILTO List of email addresses that will receive an email on command execution. It is a multi-valued property: property "MAILTO" "amanda@domain.com" "sysadmin@domain.com" "amandauser@domain.com" EXAMPLE
In this example, script-email is scheduled to be run before the DLE, on the server. The unqualified email address amanda will be passed to the email system unchanged. The script is then attached to a dumptype, which can then be specified for any DLEs which require notification. define script-tool pre-email { comment "email me before this DLE is backed up" plugin "script-email" execute-on pre-dle-backup execute-where server property "mailto" "amanda" } define dumptype user-tar-email { user-tar script "pre-email" } SEE ALSO
amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amanda-client.conf(5), amanda-scripts(7) The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/ AUTHORS
Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com> Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com) Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com> Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com) Amanda 3.3.1 02/21/2012 SCRIPT-EMAIL(8)
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