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Old January 29th, 2004, 03:21 PM
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mail a log file
I want a cron job that mails a log file to a user.

My crontab entry says
43 15 * * 5 more /usr/logfile | mail user@company.com

It isn't mailing

Whats wrong?

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Old January 30th, 2004, 12:33 PM
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You should use "cat", not "more".
Another problem could be the path of the mail command and/or permissions.
Which user's crontab is it? Can this user read the log file when logged in?
Does it work when you supply the full path to "mail"?

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Old January 31st, 2004, 12:03 PM
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I got the same results with cat or more.

What I did was mail user@com.com < file

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Old February 4th, 2004, 08:23 AM
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are you sure your MTA is set up correctly?
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Old February 4th, 2004, 09:30 AM
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In that format, more file | mail user, I can do it at the command line. It just won't in the cron job. I did it the way I stated before. Is there a difference in doing it at the command line that in a cron job, as far as the way mail is set up?
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...the path of the mail command and/or permissions....
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Old February 4th, 2004, 01:02 PM
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Yes Hirsch is right. Although the path probably isn't an issue (as your mta is probably in a standard path) it's possible that user 'cron' isn't allowed to execute it...
Check what groups 'cron' is part of.
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