email notification of ftp transfers

[Bret Stern]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:41 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux; 
> bret_stern at machinemanagement.com
> Subject: RE: email notification of ftp transfers
> 
> On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 13:28 -0800, Bret Stern wrote:
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > How would the ftp transfer event/trigger be
> > monitored (trapped) to drive the mail message?
> > 
> > Is this an option defined in sendmail.cf or
> > a daemon started on system boot, or even an
> > existing running service?
> > 
> > I'll google mutt for some usage.
> 
> Are you trying to get the ftp client to send mail or the ftp server?

The ftp server
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Bret  
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Maxim Vexler [mailto:hq4ever at gmail.com] 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:20 PM
> > > To: bret_stern at machinemanagement.com; Getting started with 
> > > Red Hat Linux
> > > Subject: Re: email notification of ftp transfers
> > > 
> > > On 11/14/06, Bret Stern <bret_stern at machinemanagement.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone tell me some of the common methods
> > > > used in linux to send email notifications of
> > > > successful ftp transfers?
> > > >
> > > > Someone has asked me .. so i'm asking you all
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > > Bret Stern
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Hi Bret
> > > 
> > > Basically you check for return value of the last command 
> with if [ $?
> > > == 0 ], then use either echo "Something" | mail 
> some at address.com or
> > > cat /tmp/some_log_file | mutt... the same idea apples as with mail
> > > except for the fact that with mutt you can also attach files.
> > > You also try mime-construct for the "low level" email message 
> > > construction.
> > > 
> > > Google is your friend.
> > > 
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> > > -- 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Maxim Vexler
> > > 
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