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# Run check on contents of backup directory

FILES2=`ls /backup/mysql | wc -l`

if [ FILES2 = 0 ]; then
echo "$NOW - sqldumps from $HOSTN were not successfully written to
/backup/mysql. You are an appalling failure!" >> /var/log/mysqldump.log
else
echo "$NOW - sqldumps from $HOSTN were successfully written to
/backup/mysql. Though files were backed up successfully you are still an
inadequate lover." >> /var/log/mysqldump.log

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Dr. Grypp would like to add...

"AND HAVE WASTED YOUR LIFE."

and perhaps

"YOU KNOW NO ONE RESPECTS YOU OR YOUR WORK, RIGHT??"

In case anyone needs to configure a smarthost for sendmail in debian and doesn't want to read the helpfile, a la me, here is the quick and dirty way to do it.

$ cd /etc/mail
$ nano sendmail.mc

add line

define(`SMART_HOST',`[mail.forward.com]')dnl

recompile sendmail.cf

$ m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf

restart sendmail

$ /etc/init.d/sendmail restart

add mail.forward.com to hosts file

$ nano /etc/hosts
111.233.121.12 mail.forward.com

restart networking

$ /etc/intit.d/networking restart

Hopefully this will save all you lazy folks a couple hours.

I've been trying to get it go away for a year.

Haven't done the blogging in a while.

So fresh and so clean. Ah.