tlug: When Perl can't open it can it mail it?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Cook <darren@example.com> writes:

    Darren> Is it possible to have it write the information to an
    Darren> email when it can't open the file? Eg. something like
    Darren> this:

Should work.  If not, tweak it 'til it does.

    Darren> Are there any security issues I need to be aware of here?

Well, if, like many people, your /var is a single file system and both
the log and the mail spool are there, this ain't gonna work if the FS
is full.

If they're not, but that logging script is responsible for filling
your log's FS, it can probably fill your mail spool's FS too.

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