script to find a file and send a mail

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

I need a shell script which checks for a file in a particuler folder and should send me a mail if the file of that name is present.

Please help me on this.I am new to shell scripting.

2

try this:

if [[ -d Foldername ]]; then
mailx -s "the folder is present" emailid@somedomain.com
3

if [[ -f $your_file ]]; then
mailx -s "$your_file exists..." your_email_address
fi

-d will let you check if a directory exists.

4

thanks for your reply.suppose we want to send the content of the file as mail means how to do that......

5

The quick and dirty way may be....

if .... file exists etc etc then

cat $yourfile | mailx -s etc etc etc

fi

Only makes sense if your files is human readable however...

6

Sorry! I should read the posts thoroughly before posting replies.......

7

if [[ -f $your_file ]]; then
cat $your_file|mailx -s "$your_file contents..." your_email_address
fi

OR if you want to receive the file as an attachment:

if [[ -f $your_file ]]; then
uuencode $your_file $your_file|mailx -s "$your_file exists..." your_email_address
fi

-d will let you check if a directory exists.