Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:48:26 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: kpneal@pobox.com Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "Lt. Commander" <listmgr@antennex.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Script question Message-ID: <CALfReyfnantyKn7v6V3P%2B0tPh7JN6LTbVCt9%2BaajF1cAn1o=SA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150615165110.GB23194@neutralgood.org> References: <BAY182-W89C2924F4BDF0D2BD3810DF4BB0@phx.gbl> <CA%2Bg%2BBvjNv0PBOfmnWkzE26Tgqj6qZ-VKbHXMpuB8gak69G_T2g@mail.gmail.com> <BAY404-EAS263BBC0728E6171BD47A4AECCBA0@phx.gbl> <557B8484.9060405@gmail.com> <BAY182-W64842DB24FDD6D0F3A1854CCBA0@phx.gbl> <557C6DED.9070105@gmail.com> <BAY404-EAS148D4B304BB066F07E84004CCB90@phx.gbl> <20150615015516.b3ea7633.freebsd@edvax.de> <20150615165110.GB23194@neutralgood.org>
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dont do it willy nilly though as if you fill /tmp it can cause a system issues, especially for tmpfs backed systems, and always clean up after yourself On 15 June 2015 at 17:51, <kpneal@pobox.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 01:55:16AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:07:18 -0500, Lt. Commander wrote: > > > I know it's ugly..... but places a list of the IPs in a file plus > sends me a > > > message with the same list. > > > > Yes, it is ugly, but will probably work fine. :-) > > > > Allow me a few comments: > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > cd /var/log > > > > Use absolute file names - you're accessing /var/log/maillog > > only once. > > Seconded. > > > > grep -i spam=YES maillog > spam.tmp && \ > > > > Don't write temporary files to /var/log, use /tmp instead. > > Major, major seconded. On top of that, use the mktemp command in scripts. > > -- > Kevin P. Neal http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/ > "Not even the dumbest terrorist would choose an encryption program that > allowed the U.S. government to hold the key." -- (Fortune magazine > is smarter than the US government, Oct 29 2001, page 196.) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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