use Net::SMTP;
my $lengthfile="\var\logs\www\myapp.log.length";
my $logfile="\var\logs\www\myapp.log";
my $applicationname="myapplication";
my $smtpserver="mysmtp";
my $from=q{serveradmin@blah.net};
my $to=q{serveradmin@blah.net};

open FILE, $lengthfile || die "Couldn't open lengthfile";
my $length=<FILE>;
close FILE;
my $size= -s $logfile;
if($size>$length){
   open LOG, $logfile || die "Couldn't open logfile";
   seek (LOG, $length+1,0);
   my $smtp=Net::SMTP->new($smtpserver,Timeout=>30);
   $smtp->mail($from);
   $smtp->to($to);
   $smtp->data();
   $smtp->datasend("From: $from\n");
   $smtp->datasend("Subject: $applicationname Error\n");
   $smtp->datasend("\n");

   while(<LOG>){
      $smtp->datasend($_); 
   }
   $smtp->dataend();
   $smtp->quit();
open FILE, ">$lengthfile" || die "Couldn't open lengthfile for writing
+";
print FILE $size;
close FILE;
}

[download]

In reply to monitorlogs.pl by vroom

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.