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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Script should check and run only on Sunday Post 302906918 by wisecracker on Tuesday 24th of June 2014 11:03:26 AM
Old 06-24-2014
With the modified code I gave those requirements are met.

You have a bonus too...

The value n=3 was deliberately chosen to execute the final "if" statement AND also give you an email to flag if someone was trying to run it on any other day than Sunday as well as resetting the value back to n=1 ...

Of course you can still exit 1 there if you so desire and not have these extra emails that is why it is just commented out...
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OutputJob(3pm)						  LogReport's Lire Documentation					    OutputJob(3pm)

NAME
Lire::OutputJob - Object used to represent a configured formatting of a report SYNOPSIS
use Lire::OutputJob; use Lire::OutputFormat; my $email = new Lire::OutputJob( 'email', $output, $output_cfg, 'emails' => [ 'email@domain.org' ] ); $email->run( 'report.xml' ); my $file = new Lire::OutputJob( 'file', $output, $output_cfg, 'filename' => '/var/www/reports/daily-%Y%m%d' ); $file->run( 'report.xml' ); DESCRIPTION
The Lire::OutputJob objects are used to represent how a report should formatted. These objects are most often created from the Lire configuration. (The 'output_jobs' specification.) new( $destination_type, $format, $format_cfg, ... ); Create a new Lire::OutputJob object. Two parameters are required: $destination_type Can be either 'email' or 'file'. $format A Lire::OutputFormat object. $format The configuration data that will be passed to the OutputFormat object. The method will returns an instance of Lire::EmailOutputJob or Lire::FileOutputJob. format Returns the Lire::OutputFormat associated with this OutputJob. format_cfg Returns the configuration data that will be used when formatting the report. run( $report_file ) Formats and sends or save the XML report $report_file according the OutputJob parameters. Lire::EmailOutputJob Extra parameters for 'email' type emails An array reference to the emails that will receive the formatted report. subjet The subject of the email. extra_file An additional text file that will be appended to text report or attach to other report types. emails() Returns as an array the emails to which the report will be sent. subject() Returns the subject of the email. extra_file() Returns the filename that will be appended to the text report or attach to the message for other report's type. Lire::FileOutputJob Extra parameters for 'file' type. file A file path with possible strftime(3pm) interpolation. This will be were the formatted report will be saved. file() Returns this OutputJob destination file. output_file( [$time] ) Returns the destination file with strftime(3) specifier interpolated. SEE ALSO
Lire::ReportJob(3pm) Lire::OutputFormat(3pm) AUTHOR
Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org> VERSION
$Id: OutputJob.pm,v 1.8 2006/07/23 13:16:29 vanbaal Exp $ COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org This file is part of Lire. Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. Lire 2.1.1 2006-07-23 OutputJob(3pm)
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