This is all quite intriguing to me but how does a Windows user reply to the net_sent command back to the Linux box? thanks, DF On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 19:00, Rob Park wrote: > Jani Ollikainen wrote: > >># net_sent MACHINE What about Pizza? > > > > $0=net_sent > > $1=MACHINE > > $2=What > > $3=about > > .. > > > > So you have use quotes with the message. > > > > $ net_sent MACHINE "What about Beer?" > > You could change the script to this: > > #!/bin/bash > machine=$1 > shift > echo $@ | smbclient -M $machine > > Then you no longer have to quote the message text. >
