On Saturday 05 September 2009, Suhit Kelkar 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. >
No need to fire evolution. Install attachmail a perl script to send mail with attachments on the command line. set a cron job and set bios to autostart at 3am. and shutdown after completion, while you party. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
