Hello all, I'm not sure if it's exactly "On Topic" (I bet you'll let me know!), but here goes...
I work in technical support, for a FreeBSD based, Internet Appliance & am after a way to gather some network quality information. I'd like to run some commands, one after another, have the output(s) added (appended) to a file, then, when all is complete, have that file sent to my email address. I can then compile the data & make some sense of it, maybe... Stuff like: - hostname uptime ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net traceroute ftp.furrie.net I'd like to push all the commands into the background & be able to log off and let it do its business unattended. Unfortunately, with my lacking knowledge, so far I have managed this, (sad isn't it)... (ping -c 10 ftp.furrie.net > /tmp/results && cat /tmp/results | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] &) Even with an & at the end of this command, I do not get my prompt back :-( Please can somebody help me? Even if it's just to give me another place to ask my question... Many Thanks Everyone! Chris Phillips PS. I often write emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but rarely send them, as I read my questions before sending & often find much better results when googling with my questions. intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
