uuencode [file] | mail xxx@xxx.com

this is what I've attempted. I somewhat works.

If I run this from the command line, I only get a portion of the file. I ultimately need to set this up through a crontab, So I am testing it from the command line. When I receive the message, It arrives as an attachment, but the file is corrupted.. I believe it's because of the way I am exiting the mail program. CTRL-D.

The file that ultimately needs to be sent is approximately 12 MB. I figure this would take a while. This is where I decided to try it with a much smaller file (1KB). But it still seems that the mail prog will not close out on it's own.

Let me know what you think or if you need more details.