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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Automatic Email of Log Files in OSX Post 302483083 by DotNaBox on Thursday 23rd of December 2010 02:24:32 PM
Old 12-23-2010
Automatic Email of Log Files in OSX
Hi,

I am trying to write a shell script that will take the log files from a single folder (all ending with .log), put them into an archive, use something to encrypt the file, and then emailx to email the resulting encrypted archive to me.

Of course, I am open to suggestions on how to improve this process. Essentially, I need this script, when run, to email me log files in a secure way.

Or, even better, if the script could run automatically. But I'll worry about that later.

So far....
Code:
#! /bin/sh

logPath="/PHSLogs"
archiveName = `date {y}--{m}--{d}_{h}-{m}-{s}`

gzip -r $logPath    <--- How do I specify that I want the archive name to be $archiveName?

#What do I use to add some form of strong-ish encryption to the archive?

#What would be the appropriate syntax for emailx? Or is there a better way to transfer the file back to me?
mailx -s "$archiveName" user@domain.com < $logpath/log.gz

Seems strange, I know. It's for a very particular task at work I'm working on. Rather than spending hours trying to figure this out, I was hoping to receive some help along the way. Thank you so much for your time.

Edit: Added what I think should work for emailx syntax.
Last edited by DotNaBox; 12-23-2010 at 04:23 PM..
 

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BF_TAR(1)						    Bogofilter Reference Manual 						 BF_TAR(1)

NAME

       bf_tar - shell script to write a tar file of a bogofilter directory to stdout

SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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OPTIONS

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EXIT STATUS

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EXAMPLES

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