Weather Alert program.

Sun, 13 Oct 2002 21:34:54 +0000 (GMT)

Thank you!

Lee

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, J.Francois wrote:

> Here are 2 simple examples:
> 
> lynx -dump -source ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/decoded/KPHX.TXT | mail -s "PHX Weather" You@your.address
> 
> wget -O - ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/decoded/KPHX.TXT | mail -s "PHX Weather" You@your.address
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 07:34:11PM +0000, kd7eth@kd7eth.net wrote:
> > Okay, I'm amazed.
> > The below command can be used to get various reports
> > from that FTP site.
> > Unfortunately, it can't tell (at least I don't think it can)
> > if a report is new or not.
> > 
> > I also haven't figured out how to e-mail the retrieved files
> > automatically.  I tried using sendmail and pine.  Pine would work,
> > except it needs me to send the "send" (ctrl-x) command.
> > 
> > Mind you, I'm not complaining, just stating what I can and cannot do.
> > It's the downside of being a newbie who can't program or write scripts.
> > 
> > However, I will be using the below command quite often both as is
> > and modified for other information.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Lee
> > 
> [snipped]
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