How to attach a file to mail...
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Original Message
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Name: Venkatesh
Date: January 20, 2000 at 08:23:10 Pacific
Subject: How to attach a file to mail...
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Comment: Hi,
I would like to attach a report file to the mail that I send using unix mail command (/usr/ucb/mail). Is that possible with unix mail. I am working on Solaris 5.7. Thanx in advance...
Venkatesh
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Response Number 1
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Name: Nathan Kahn
Date: January 27, 2000 at 02:50:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I don't know about "attaching" a file, but you can certainly "mail" a file. Now if I could only remember how I used to do it :-( If it's a text file, 'cat file | mail -s subject joe@abc.com' should work. Or just 'cat file | mail joe@abc.com' if you're not concerned with a subject line. If it's a binary, I know it can still be done -- keep digging :-)
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Response Number 2
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Name: Andrew Gerdel
Date: February 4, 2000 at 13:27:02 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)better idea. Have you ever used Pine or Elm? I think for attaching text files you'll have to use Elm. Easy prompts to follow. Type "Elm" at the prompt.
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Response Number 3
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Name: 10.20 for you
Date: February 10, 2000 at 20:26:59 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Heres the deal...if the report is the body text of the email. I am not sure about attachments... Use xmailer or elm (look at the man pages for options and syntax). At the end of the the command, redirect a text file into the command, using either a local user, or an smtp mail address, (command below may not be in exact order - look at man pages):
" `elm -s 'Subject Text' user@rochester.msn.com` < /tmp/myfile.txt " This works on HP/UX 10.20. Hope this helps...
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Response Number 4
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Name: mike
Date: December 26, 2000 at 13:57:58 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You can also use the uuencode command (with mail in AIX). Ex. uuencode unixfile.xyz remotefile.xzy | mail -s "send attach" recipient.name@company.com
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Response Number 5
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Name: James
Date: March 7, 2001 at 15:11:17 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)But, if it is a Unix file and needs to be seen
on a windows box, you must add a ^M to the end
of each line:
sed 's/$/^M/' bsr.txt >bsr1.txt Tnx for the uuencode tip! Saved me a ton of time.
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Response Number 6
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Name: Laura
Date: April 16, 2001 at 10:22:12 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The uuencode tip was very helpful ... next: can I
attach multiple files? ... both attach a file
and put text into the message body? ... if so,
how?
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