Dear linuxers, Needing to regularly backup my work, and having recently developed an interest in shell commands, I wrote myself a script that backed up a particular file; renamed the previous backup; and then unmounted the pen drive. Fairly beginner stuff but a time-and-effort-saver.
I was wondering if I could add to this script the capability to make a net backup-- invoke wvdial, fire up evolution; in evolution, mail to gmail; then close evolution; then close wvdial (I use Rel. Netconnect, so wvdial); and write me a logfile which I could check. I'm on Ubuntu 9.04. I'd heard that g/lin is great for automating stuff like this. Would appreciate your help. Do tell me what additional information you would require. I'm sure this script will help many beginners like me. Thanks and regards Suhit Kelkar -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
