nevermind.. If I had finished reading all the replys to my message!! I didn't see Gary's reply.. Thanks Gary, that works wonders! nathan On 05 Sep 2001 08:08:34 -0700, Nathan England wrote: > > > > On 04 Sep 2001 15:56:33 -0700, Bill Warner wrote: > > can you not just do it the old redirected way? > > > > mail -s "my log file" my@email.address < /var/log/messages > > > > This worked, so thank you, but what about binary attachments? Is that > possible? > Say like this. > > I have a small recording device hidden out side my front door. I have a > video only feed from a camera hidden near my front door. They both > record to a directory called /security and the audio goes into a file > called 'date +%Y_%M_%D'audio.mp3 and the video goes into 'date > +%Y_%M_%D'video.mpg and I want both of those emailed to my mail server > which will automatically strip the mp3 and mpg files and puts them into > my database. > > Except right now, I have to manually mail the binary attachments. > Anyway of doing this? > > nathan > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- "Ah, lives there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said, as he hunched and rolled in his comfortable bed: To hell with rent...I'll drink instead!"