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#! /bin/bash -

#  SJP 16 August 2014
#  Monitor my external IP address

# set up logfile

cd ~/mail/monitor

if (test -e data/tmp.*) then
	datafile=$(ls data/tmp.*)
else
	datafile=`mktemp --tmpdir=data`
fi

# echo "datafile = $datafile"

ip=$(curl ifconfig.me/ip)
[ ${#ip} = 0 ] && ip="Timed out"
# Could also do [ -z $ip ]
 
dt=$(\date  +%Y-%m-%dT%T%:z)


echo -e "$dt\t$ip" >> $datafile