on 11/2/2007 3:39 PM Mark Snyder spake the following: > I am doing a md5sum to verify nightly transfer of files between servers > and want to email the results to support. > > Everything works fine except reading the contents of the check file into > mail. > > Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated. > > #!/bin/bash > cd /bak > md5sum -b `date '+%m-%d-%y'`.tgz > `date '+%m-%d-%y'`.ver > diff -s `date '+%m-%d-%y'`.md5 `date '+%m-%d-%y'`.ver > `date > '+%m-%d-%y'`.chk > #outfile=`date '+%m-%d-%y'`.chk #setup name of file to read > into mail > mail -s 'file verify' me at mymailaddr.com <<MAIL_IN > ~r `date '+%m-%d-%y'`.chk > > . > MAIL_IN > > exit > > entering the same mail commands from a command prompt works. > > Mark Cron doesn't always have access to the same path and environment as a logged in user. You might have to export some environment var's in the beginning of the script. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!