There are scripts that will send an e-mail when a server process is finished.However, I do not want to check my email every so often just to see whether a job has finished. Therefore I'd like to get an SMS message.My question is similar to this one, just exchange SMS with all occurrences of e-mail: Is there a program that can send me a notification e-mail when a process finishes?Can you think of any workaround / app / script / whatever that would enable an SMS to be sent when a job is finished (or prematurely ended?)
Possible to get SMS/text message notification when process ends or is killed?
shell;process;email;monitoring;sms
There are 3 ways to accomplish the sending of an SMS message from a server  and/or application.Setup your own gatewayIf you google for sms gateway you'll find a large list of applications that you can setup which will provide this capability. You can also take an old cell phone and a PC and set them up using this tutorial titled: Setting up an SMS Gateway to create your own SMS gateway.Use a ready made serviceThere are service providers that offer this capability (typically for a fee). Here are a couple of them:feehttp://www.esendex.co.uk/http://www.twilio.com/freehttp://www.kannel.org/These providers often provide a library and/or API, such as this one from twilio, so that you can integrate them more easily into your application if needed.Send an email to your provider's SMS gatewayMost providers (Verizon, AT&T, etc.) provide the ability to send an SMS message to your phone using the <phonenumber>@provider.com. Wikipedia also has a pretty exhaustive list of SMS gateways.