Script to mail me resources usage?

[bigb89]

Hi guys,

How can I make a script that will pretty much run "top" (or any other commands that show resource usage) and then get the output from that command and email me the output every four hours?

I know that this may seem like a simple script, but I just don't know yet how to get the output from "top" and then mail that.

Thanks in advance!

[TerryP]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron


I would also suggest setting the PATH and MAILTO (if needed) variables accordingly within the cronjob.

[ocicat]

How can I make a script that will pretty much run "top" (or any other commands that show resource usage) and then get the output from that command and email me the output every four hours?
Factors you will want to consider:

Look at the -b switch to top(1) if you are using FreeBSD (-n on OpenBSD or NetBSD...). This will allow you to dump top output to a file.
Study the cron(8) manpage for information on how to configure a script which will run at periodic times.
Look at the manpage for whatever mail transport you are using. This may be sendmail(8).

[Carpetsmoker]

This may also be of interest:
http://www.freebsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31072

[corey_james]

Maybe it would be more beneficial using

rp.statd - host status monitoring daemon
rup - remote status display

[bigb89]

Thanks for all the replies guys!

I'll definitely try those options to see which one will work best for me.