Re: how can i send an attached file from command line?

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:33:27 -0800, rh00667 wrote:

hi,

i need to "cron" a mail attaching a binary file. i am using

uuencode file | mail -s subject destination

uuencode now is not in standard packages, so i compiled it.

is there another easier form to do this?

tia

On my system mail is a symbolic link to nail. nail's "-a" flag specifies
a file to attach; man nail

The other part of nail's behavior, which you are getting around using a
pipe, is that it expects the body of the message on the command line,
terminating with a CTRL-D. Here are a couple of alternatives.


You can keep using a pipe:

echo 'Job at $(date)' | mail -s subject -a file someone@localhost

or, use a "HERE" document:

mail -s "Job at $(date "+%Y%m%d.%H%M%S")" -a somefile \
someone@localhost <<EOM
EOM

Verify any of the above commands are appropriate for your system.

Going offtopic...
There is one other minor glitch when using multiple line commands when
using "at" instead of "cron." IIRC, cron requires encapsulation of jobs
into scripts which are executed on a recurring time interval. "at" has a
more flexible execution schedule: "at" jobs execute once at the time
specified. If the job consists of multiple commands then it is simpler to
put all of the commands into a simple script, too. That avoids
unnecessarily complex command lines.

--
Douglas Mayne
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