The more I play with your script, the more fun it becomes. #!/bin/sh # this is a script to check drive space and email HSD dept. # cd ~bbailey rm drvspc.txt # Once I'm in ~bbailey, I don't need the complete path to any files there.
df -k | # You have to get rid of the word 'Capacity' or your comparison will fail, grep -v Capacity | # There's no need to check the /proc filesystem, it'll always be full, grep -v /proc | awk '{print$5}' | # You have to use sed to eliminate the % from df -k or the comparison will fail. sed -e 's/%//' > drvspc.txt cat drvspc.txt | while read i do if [ $i -gt 89 ] ; then mail -s "check drive space on core" [EMAIL PROTECTED] fi done # Quotes not necessary when echoing a single word, but I wouldn't do this, you # might want to schedule this with cron and it'll clutter up your screen # if you tell it to say 'done' every time it runs. echo done exit 0 Thanks, Charles Got a computer with idle CPU time? Join [EMAIL PROTECTED] and help make history! http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"