mail notification on file generation

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I'm very new to unix. I need help in writing a shell script that will automatically take output file from a particular folder from a server and if the file is generated send email notifications to certain group of ppl and if it is not generated send a mail wid error msg..
can any1 help me on that.. just a sample script wud also do..
Thanks as always:b:

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The steps needed to create this script would likely be:

  1. create two messages, one for the error state, one for the non-error state.

  2. decide whether there is an error

3.a. if error pipe the error message to the mail command

3.b. if not pipe the non-error message to the mail command

as a hint the mail command could be:

mail -s "subject line of mail command" address <message.file

Try writing a script with those steps, and see how it goes. If/when you have trouble come back and ask, posting what you have written so far.

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thanks a lot...:smiley:
i'll try on that.. n if ther's any prob i'll get back..
thank u...