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#1 2011-05-26 09:40:02

daJense
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Registered: 2009-05-17
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Bash script - send mail only if script causes an error

Hi,
I have a script running on a server for backup purposes. I use

/bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$EMAIL" < $EMAILMESSAGE

to send a report at the end of the script. But I would like it to send the report only if the script errors out.

Any ideas,

Thx

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#2 2011-05-26 09:46:25

Damnshock
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Re: Bash script - send mail only if script causes an error

That depends on how you capture errors and how you call the script you are running. If you don't "exit" on errors, at least set a variable like "error" and, at the end of your script use something like:

if [[ error ]] ; then
    /bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$EMAIL" < $EMAILMESSAGE
fi


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#3 2011-05-26 10:03:15

daJense
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Re: Bash script - send mail only if script causes an error

Thanks, I will try setting the variable. Btw the script is being called by another bashscript executing via cron on another server.

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#4 2011-05-27 04:13:49

anrxc
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Re: Bash script - send mail only if script causes an error

heirloom-mailx (new default mailx in Arch) supports -E, it won't send an e-mail if the body is empty. Good for cron.


You need to install an RTFM interface.

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#5 2011-05-27 20:28:36

briest
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From: Katowice, PL
Registered: 2006-05-04
Posts: 468

Re: Bash script - send mail only if script causes an error

Bash (and probably other shells) has builtin command "trap" -- maybe you'd find it useful.

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