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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting mailx: concatenating strings for message body (KSH) Post 302129152 by rockysfr on Sunday 29th of July 2007 06:45:20 AM
Old 07-29-2007
mailx: concatenating strings for message body (KSH)

Hi all,

Think this is a pretty simple problem, but I've been thinking about it for a few days. Let's say that I'm going to have to output the contents of a file as the body of a mailx message.

I'll probably do this: cat <filename> | mailx <extra commands>

However, how do I go about doing it if I need to append some compulsory messages as the headers and footers of the message body? Can this be achieved without the creation of another file or appending lines to the file being referenced (assume that I have no privileges to write to or create files)

(ie. the mail body should look like this)

Welcome user. This is the printout of your status file.
OUTPUT OF cat <filename>
Please contact XYZ for any unresolved queries.

Thanks in advance.
 

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smfi_replacebody(3N)													      smfi_replacebody(3N)

NAME
smfi_replacebody() - replaces the data in the sendmail message body SYNOPSIS
PARAMETERS
ctx Specifies the opaque context structure. bodyp Specifies a pointer to the start of the new body data, which does not have to be null-terminated. If bodyp is set to NULL, the length of the body is considered to be 0 (zero). The body data must be in CR or LF form. bodylen Specifies the number of data bytes pointed by bodyp. DESCRIPTION
replaces the body of the current message. can be called only from the routine and can be called more than once. When is called more than once, the subsequent calls append data to the new body of the message. Notes o As the message body may be very large, setting may significantly affect filter performance. o If a filter sets but does not call the original body remains unchanged. o The filter order is important for the routine. Filters placed later in the sequence will observe the changes RETURN VALUE
fails and returns due to the following reasons: o The value of bodyp is equal to NULL and the value of bodylen is greater than 0. o Changing the body in the current connection state is invalid. o Network error occurs. o The is not set when the function is called. AUTHOR
was developed by the Sendmail Inc. SEE ALSO
smfi_chgheader(3N), smfi_insheader(3N), smfi_addrcpt(3N), smfi_addheader(3N), smfi_delrcpt(3N). on smfi_replacebody(3N)
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