I realize this is more of a *nix question, but it is vital to my handling of
the list digest processing on my system.
In order to send out Digests at the end of every day, as I have it set up to
do, I have a CRON job for each Digest, saying something like
echo mkdigest <list-digest name> <list-digest password> | mail
majordomo@localhost
How can I set this up so that <list-digest password> is not the password
EXPLICITLY, but points to the file where the password can be read?
I suppose this is a BASH (Bourne Again Shell) problem, but I have been
through all the docs, and cannot for the life of me discover how I can read
in the password from the password file. I want to do this so that, if the
list owner ever changes a password for his list-digest, the CRON job won't
be broken. I have more to do than to remember to go into the CRON scripts
and edit them every time this happens.
Any input is appreciated.
William L. Polhemus, Jr., P.E.
Polhemus Engineering Company
Katy, Texas
Phone 281-492-2251
Fax 281-492-8203
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