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From: Trev Roydhouse <Trev.Roydhouse@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 96 21:25:00 +1000
Subject: Re: How do I use email to start a script?? Never mind, new question ins
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> I decided against the mail starting a script thing,
> however, how could I use a script to send mail to a user
> after a script has finished??
#!/bin/sh
# user is extracted from REMOTE_HOST environment
# variable "pcname" supplied by httpd; your mileage
# will probably vary
user=`echo REMOTE_HOST | cut -f 1 -c2-`
echo "Hello there ${user}"
cat << EOF | mail ${user}
Subject: Hello
G'day there ${user}!
EOF
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