Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Easy way to have each Mac send me a daily system status report? Date: 14 Dec 2016 16:08:44 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <1my8ins.k812pho6ieyoN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> X-Trace: individual.net fCPPyzIV6r8whp08ExqhnQidd1xN2B1YZmHW6gqtUv3hvgXWLG Cancel-Lock: sha1:HXAv9Yj0ruZhPadXSAQ5XxQ+3lg= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:97873 On 2016-12-14, Bruce Esquibel wrote: > Jamie Kahn Genet wrote: > >> Any and all wisdom bestowed upon me is appreciated :-) > > If do know your way around cron and crontab -e, these two lines should > do it: > > MAILTO=email@domain.com > 00,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/bin/top -l 1 -o cpu > > That will send a report every 15 minutes Yep. Note: This will do the same thing and is more concise and flexible (just change the 15 to whatever interval you want): MAILTO = email@domain.com */15 * * * * /usr/bin/top -l 1 -o cpu -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR