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Fallon · 12-15-2003, 11:24 AM

Currently, I'm running a mud, and I just started to use a Perl script to make sure that my mud is running. Is there a way in the perl script to mail me whenever the mud needs to be rebooted? My host is currently using sendmail also.
The Perl code is being used on a Slackware comp, with Perl 5.8.0
Thanks in advance.

ratbastid · 12-15-2003, 12:10 PM

no prob.

Code:

$sendmail = '/path/to/sendmail';
open (MAIL, "| $sendmail -t") || die "sendmail failed $!";

print MAIL "To: whoever\@wherever.com\n";
print MAIL "Subject: mud's broke!\n\n";
print MAIL "Mud's broke. Fix it!\n";
close MAIL;

Fill in the appropriate path to sendmail (do "which sendmail" on the command line to find that out), your email address (remembering to escape the "@"), and you should be good to go. Every time this is executed, it'll send you an email complaining about a dead mud.

What this won't do is monitor the mud. That's a different script entirely.

12-15-2003, 11:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Fallon Junkie Location: RI	Perl+Sendmail question Currently, I'm running a mud, and I just started to use a Perl script to make sure that my mud is running. Is there a way in the perl script to mail me whenever the mud needs to be rebooted? My host is currently using sendmail also. The Perl code is being used on a Slackware comp, with Perl 5.8.0 Thanks in advance.

12-15-2003, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	no prob. Code: $sendmail = '/path/to/sendmail'; open (MAIL, "\| $sendmail -t") \|\| die "sendmail failed $!"; print MAIL "To: whoever\@wherever.com\n"; print MAIL "Subject: mud's broke!\n\n"; print MAIL "Mud's broke. Fix it!\n"; close MAIL; Fill in the appropriate path to sendmail (do "which sendmail" on the command line to find that out), your email address (remembering to escape the "@"), and you should be good to go. Every time this is executed, it'll send you an email complaining about a dead mud. What this won't do is monitor the mud. That's a different script entirely.