from from esx console command line using perl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w


use Net::SMTP; 
my $smtpServer = 'smtpserver.company.com';

my $mailFrom = 'sender@companyname.com';

my $mailTo = 'recipient@companyname.com';

my $subject = 'Test Mail';

my $emailFile = '/usr/local/bin/report.txt';
sendmail($smtpServer,$mailFrom,$mailTo,$subject,$emailFile);

sub sendmail { my $smtpserver = $_[0]; my $sender = $_[1]; my $recipient = $_[2]; my $subject = $_[3]; my $filename = $_[4];

Bash script logging

use
>> mylog ( after the file, use > to overwrite )
to just append to the file

date >> mylog
ls >> mylog
echo >> mylog

OR if You want all script output go the mylog

Using Crontab with Plesk to call PHP files (drupal – joomla – etc )

Having battled with getting a php file to be called from a scheduled task (a.k.a. a crontab task) using the Plesk interface panel on a Linux box, I thought I’d share a bit of a how-to on it because I struggled to find anything helpful out there on the topic.

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from from esx console command line using perl

Bash script logging

Using Crontab with Plesk to call PHP files (drupal – joomla – etc )

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