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City LinUX sample scripts - m2sms

NAME

m2sms - creates and sends message to a mail to sms text gateway.

SYNOPSIS

m2sms [ -c <config_file> ] [ .B-d ] [ -v ] <start_time> <event_description> | [ .B-V ]

AVAILABILITY

m2sms is a Bourne shell script which should work equally well on all versions of UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X.

DESCRIPTION

m2sms uses the event and date/time parameters received on the command line to create a subject line to send to the sms gateway. A brief message is also appended to prevent problems which may be experienced if mailx receives a null message.

m2sms is designed to be called by the orage calendar programme to text alerts to the calendar user but could also be used from the command line.

OPTIONS

-c Use the specified configuration file in preference to the default /usr/local/etc/m2sms.cf. If no configuration file is found the script will attempt to soldier on with the information it has from the command line.

-d Start in debug mode. The -x option is set within the shell.

-v Set verbose mode. Ordinarily m2sms operates silently unless show stopping problems are detected. In verbose mode m2sms reports on each significant action.

-V m2sms reports the release details and terminates.

EXAMPLES

	m2sms  <start_time> <event_description>

The appropriate SMS mail gateway for the current user is found in m2sms.cf and mailx is employed to send a message with the subject line " <start_time> <event_description> ".

In the Orage calendar the syntax for setting the Alarm is

	/usr/local/m2sms.cf <&ST> <&T>

BUGS

The script is quite crude having little or no error checking. The consequences of unexpected input are untested.

AUTHOR

Clifford W Fulford, City Linux. Contact fulford@fulford.net or +44 (0)709 229 5385.

Trainer

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Clifford W Fulford BA(Hons), PGDip (Computing), PGCE. DES/DFE No. 7773034.

I started my career in computing in the days of CPM and C/CPM, building network operating systems and correcting bespoke software written to manage community transport booking and accounting systems.

I fist came across UNIX when called upon to migrate database systems from Mercator BBS to Thoroughbred Basic. Excited by the power and flexibility of UNIX in 1989/90 I studied the OS at City University night classes while developing my practical skills in a SCO Xenix environment during the working day.

In 1994 I was introduced to Linux by students in the School of Mathematics and Computing at North London University. Although initially sceptical of the ability of the fledgling OS to meet the requirements of large scale mission critical systems, I rapidly became a convert to Linux in a corporate environment.

I have now worked professionally as a systems manager and systems administrator with Xenix, AIX, HPUX, SunOS, Solaris and Linux in the City, Antwerp, McLean Virginia, Cairo, Birmingham and Nottingham for over 25 years

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