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Sending a message that includes a text file to an IMAP server every 30 minutes

I would like to know how to automate and build a script that will send a text file as an email to a user(s) ever 30 minutes. I have the following simple script that builds a simple text file....

while true
do
processname >> processtxt
sleep 1800
done

I execute this with the nohup option and use the & parameter.
I would now like to mail the processtxt file to an email recipient every 30 minutes.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
BC

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sivaran

Try putting the batch in cron tab file and execute the file every 30 minutes
and also put a cron file for sending out the mail.

sivaran

sereda

crontab -e
--- editor pops up
--- add following line:
0,30 * * * * processname | mail user@email
--- close file

And that's it. No need for additional file and script.

bcornele

ASKER

While I am familiar with crontab, I am trying to keep this in a script I can execute from my home directory using the nohup command with the & arg. I rejected your answer because I needed script coding lines to compliment my existing script. Thanks. BC

bcornele

ASKER

The pipe of the processtxt clued me in on how to pipe a chunk of data to mailx using the -s option with a subject line.

Here is the final script with your modifications.

while true
do
processname >> processtxt
mailx -s "Subject Line" user@domain.com < processtxt
sleep 1800
done

Thanks for you information and prompt repsponse to my question.
BC