[thelist] accessing mail in unix(linux)

[Steve Cook]

Hi Adrian,

you shouldn't have any problem I think. I'm a little confused that you don't
see the file when telnetting to the box. Have you tried "ls -a"? (which
displays all files, even those prefixed with a .)

In your perl script, you should simply be able to open the file using its
full path and name.

Hope this helps.

.steve


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Fischer [mailto:adrian at logo-logic.com]
> Sent: den 9 november 2000 09:38
> To: The List 
> Subject: [thelist] accessing mail in unix(linux)
> 
> 
> Heres another one,
> 
> using perl can I access the ".mail" file in my "/" directory. 
>  The idea
> being that I open and read it using pattern matching or the 
> like...find what
> I want and update a mysql table accordingly.
> 
> I can ftp to it and read it but cant seem to telnet to it.  
> Can get the
> directory but the file is hidden(?)
> 
> I would be doing a cron job to run the perl script to read 
> the .mail file
> ever now and then.
> 
> I have the cron job tip from the archives...its the reading 
> the .mail file
> with perl thats go me stumped.
> 
> Any ideas.
> 
> 
> Adrian Fischer
> Brisbane
> Australia
> 
> 
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