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fnds — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:42:57 -0000

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 xle is able to check the return code of the command line ($?) and send emails only when an error is detected.
 
+By the way, xle stands for e**X**ecute, **L**og and **E**mail.
+
 Check the [README] for more details.
 
 Installation instructions: [INSTALL]

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fnds — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:39:10 -0000

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 1. do something
 2. send the output to a file
-3. email the file
+3. email someone
 
 In my experience, step 1 (do something) can be very simple, like 'df -h', a script that I wrote , or any other command line. However steps 2 and 3 are kind of like the same every time, with few changes. The code for those additional tasks often ends up being longer and more complex than the original script.

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fnds — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:37:59 -0000

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-How many scripts you have written that follow this general flow?
+How many scripts have you written that follow this general flow?
 
 1. do something
 2. send the output to a file

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fnds — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:37:08 -0000

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 2. send the output to a file
 3. email the file
 
-In my experience, step 1 (do something) can be very simple, like 'df -h', a script that I wrote , or any other command line. However steps 2 and 3 are kind of like the same every time, with few changes. In addition the code for those steps often ends up being longer and more complex than the original script.
+In my experience, step 1 (do something) can be very simple, like 'df -h', a script that I wrote , or any other command line. However steps 2 and 3 are kind of like the same every time, with few changes. The code for those additional tasks often ends up being longer and more complex than the original script.
 
-Instead of repeating the same code over and over, the xle script adds logging and email capability to any command that can be typed at the shell prompt, without any coding. The log files are tagged with a timestamp and saved for future reference.
+Instead of rewriting the same code over and over for every script, the xle script adds logging and email capability to any command that can be typed at the shell prompt, without any coding. The log files are tagged with a timestamp and saved for future reference.
 
 xle is able to check the return code of the command line ($?) and send emails only when an error is detected.

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fnds — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:35:18 -0000

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+How many scripts you have written that follow this general flow?
+
+1. do something
+2. send the output to a file
+3. email the file
+
+In my experience, step 1 (do something) can be very simple, like 'df -h', a script that I wrote , or any other command line. However steps 2 and 3 are kind of like the same every time, with few changes. In addition the code for those steps often ends up being longer and more complex than the original script.
+
+Instead of repeating the same code over and over, the xle script adds logging and email capability to any command that can be typed at the shell prompt, without any coding. The log files are tagged with a timestamp and saved for future reference.
+
+xle is able to check the return code of the command line ($?) and send emails only when an error is detected.
+
+Check the [README] for more details.
+
+Installation instructions: [INSTALL]
+
 [[project_admins]]
 [[download_button]]
 
-
-xle
-====
-fnds
-1/19/11
-
-$Id: README,v 1.2 2011/01/19 17:41:39 fnds Exp $
-
-Intro
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-
-xle runs a shell script, checks for errors and sends email to the sysadmin.
-
-It was designed to run from crontab, it runs silently and send all output to $MAINDIR/logs/xle.log
-
-The script was initially written and tested on Red Hat 4. Solaris 9 support was added later. 
-
-Defaults can be changed on $MAINDIR/xle.conf
-
-For usage details, type $MAINDIR/xle
-
-$ cd /home/oracle/xle
-$ ./xle
-
-USAGE: xle [ options ] script arg1 ... argn
-
-Options:
-        -e a    (a)lways sends email (DEFAULT)
-        -e n    (n)ever sends email
-        -e e    sends email only when there was an (e)rror
-        -e s    sends email only when it finishes (s)ucessfully
-
-        -a       script alias to be used when script name is not descriptive
-        -c    use designated configuration file (full path required)
-        -s