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| From | Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Health related - linux please help |
| Followup-To | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Date | 2018-09-12 13:27 -0400 |
| Organization | The Pitcher Digital Freehold |
| Message-ID | <pnbial$944$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <pnai0a$1pu9$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
Followups directed to: comp.os.linux.misc
Ferannia wrote:
> It's about an elderly gentleman who is quite active on internet, but he
> loves to click on every file and link he receives, yet he pay his bills
> online - hence the linux is installed on his PC.
>
> He has a very weak heart.
>
> I am looking for any linux mailer, or mailer's scripting trick, or other
> application which will initiate a mailer to send an alert message to
> couple of addresses if he doesn't respond to application's call within a
> given time frame.
>
> Please, does it exist ? For ex. mailer's pop-up dialog which he'll have
> to hit and close within 10 hours after it shows up on his screen. If he
> doesn't hit OK button, an email message will be sent to couple of his
> relatives to check up on him.
>
> Has anyone ever heard about such a mailer or other application ?
>
> I am not a programmer, so I am unable to code anything similar, but I
> hope there is an application or a mailer available which can do that. I
> have meager knowledge in bash scripting.
>
> Thank you.
Something like this might suffice
#!/bin/sh
# How long the friend has before the message times out, in seconds
TIMEOUT=36000
# The email address(es) to send a notice to
EMAIL=email@example.com otheremail@somewhere.else
if xmessage -buttons "Yes I am:1,I need help:0" \
-default "I need help" \
-timeout $TIMEOUT -nearmouse "Are you well?"
then
echo "Your friend failed to confirm his health at $(date)" |
mailx -s "Your friend requires help" $EMAIL
xmessage -timeout 30 -nearmouse "I have sent an alert message to $EMAIL"
fi
# END of script
substituting, of course, the appropriate commandline email client.
Put this sort of script in your friend's desktop startup scripts, and make
sure that the email system is configured properly.
--
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills, We Trust"
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Re: Health related - linux please help Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2018-09-12 13:27 -0400
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Re: Health related - linux please help Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2018-09-23 20:12 +0000
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