* Carl Fink (carl@fink.to) [030423 08:17]: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 07:13:02AM -0300, Fernando Shayani wrote: > > > Is there any way to attach a file to the command mail? > > I need to automatic send a e-mail with a file attached to it. > > > > Ex: mail fernando@shayani.net -s "My subject" ATTACH.TAR > > Not with that syntax, no. You could mime encode the file using "mimencode", > then do something like: > > cat myencodedfile.txt | mail mail joe@blow.com -s "Subject" > > (I haven't tried this.) > > The answers using mutt and others are of course right, but it is possible to > do it with mail (and a script). Right; a more precise answer is that mailx _cannot_ do this. It doesn't know mime, nor uuencode. You can, of course, use the external utilities to manually mime- or uu- encode a file, and then give that to mailx to send off. This is the typical unix way of doing things: you string together lots of very specific tools to accomplish larger tasks. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -- Barry Goldwater
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