Does anyone know how I can use the contents of a file as the text of an email then attach that same file to the email.

I realise this seems like a strange scenario but I need the recipient to be able to read the message then be able to save the attachment so it can be imported into a desktop application.

Thankx

Leigh

(uuencode filetobeattached attachmentname.extension; uuencode filetobeattached attachmentname.extension; echo "text") | mail -s "Subject" EmailAddress

The above command will send 2 attachments (you could have as many as you want by stringing more uuencode commands together between the parentheses) and puts some text in the body by using echo (you could cat the contents of a file also for the body). Of course you can put the echo/print/cat command at the beginning of the commands that are strung together so that the body text comes first and then the attachments.

David,
Thanks for the info, but unfortunatley it's not working as I would like. The file that should be attached is appearing as garbage at the top of the email. The text I want as the body is fine, but the other is rubbish.

( uuencode 2790.pit pit.txt ; cat 2790.pit ) | mail -s "Test" EMAILADDRESS

Anyone have any thoughts?

Thankx

Is 2790.pit a text file? Is cat 2790.pit meaningful ?
Try reversing the order

( cat 2790.pit ; uuencode 2790.pit pit.txt ) | mail -s "Test" EMAILADDRESS

You might also need to include a pipe through unix2dos to fix any line ending problems.

( cat 2790.pit ; cat 2790.pit | unix2dos | uuencode pit.txt ) | mail -s "Test" EMAILADDRESS