A little script to check if external IP is changed
Pre-requisites:
- Python installed on the machine
- (Optional) Dropbox installed
Installation
Copy the script wherever the user is able to launch scripts.
Give the execute permissions to the script, ex: chmod +x ipcheck.py
Post installation
Open the file and change the global variables with the values from the desired mail server and with the path of the Dropbox desired file, if any.
How to use
Simply launch the script. The shebang guarantee that the shell automatically use the Python interpreter.
It's also possible to schedule che script on crontab.