On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Suhit Kelkar <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > you may use mutt a terminal based email program, we use a similar script and cron for regular backups. Mail me off-list. -- Roshan Kumar Singh http://roshansingh.wordpress.com http://sourceforge.net/projects/gscribble -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
