[Sussex] Penguins...

[Mark Harrison]

* * 0-31 1-6,8-12 * echo "Happy Unbirthday $(date)" | mail some_user
* * 0-14,16-31 1-12 * echo "Happy Unbirthday $(date)" | mail some_user

Obviously you'll receive two copies on most days....

but the spec doesn't say that you receive ONLY one mail on each unbirthday
:-)

M.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dobson" <steve at dobson.org>
To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] Penguins...


> All
>
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 06:23:32PM +0000, Steve Dobson wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 06:03:08PM -0000, Gareth Ablett wrote:
> > > Steve
> > > >
> > > > Well happy birthday to you too.
> > > >
> > > > However no one has wished me a Happy Unbirthday :-(  As to day
> > > > is my Unbirthday -- no one cares <sob> <sob>
> > > >
> > >
> > > If you wish I could setup a somthing so you recieved a happy
unbirthday
> > > email everday of the year except for your actual birthday but i would
need
> > > to know that first.
> >
> > It has been suggested that this LUG sets "homework" for those out there
> > that wish to improve there *nix knowledge.
> >
> > In that sprit I now set the first such homework.  Which is to be handed
in
> > on 26th Feb (LUGMoot day).
> >
> > Object:
> >   Develop a way to send a "Happy Unbirthday" e-mail messages to me.
> >
> >   My birthday is on 15th July
> >
> >   The subject line of the e-mail must be "Happy Unbirthday" and the
> >   body should contain today's date.
>
> I forgot to also state.
>
> The system should be complete and require no futher intervention to
> send the mail everyday.  You may use any standard GNU tool set to do
> it or perl, python, etc.
>
> Extra credit will be given for doing it in a few commands, statements,
> lines (whatever) as possible.
>
> Comments and blank lines (which make the script more readable) will not
> be counted as a line in scripts.
>
> My solution required 5 commands total - if you want a target.
>
> Steve
>
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