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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users how to send file as attachment with mail ? Post 302225790 by matrixmadhan on Sunday 17th of August 2008 02:10:24 AM
Old 08-17-2008
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Originally Posted by alert_every1
hello ,
i m new to linux/unix , well in my college their is linux server to which we all (i and my frnds) login
, we can send mail to each other through command "mail" .
but any one can tell me how can i attached a binary file with mail.

we are using red hat , "pine ", "mailx" , all these commands NOT works their on system , only "mail" commands works Smilie .

thanx in advance
Had you read our FAQs, this is what its is going to say - please use the search facility of the forum before posting Smilie
 

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biff(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   biff(1)

NAME
biff - Notifies users when mail arrives SYNOPSIS
biff [y | n] DESCRIPTION
The biff command informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives during the current terminal session. The following command enables notification: biff y The following command disables notification: biff n When mail notification is enabled, the From: and Subject: header lines and up to the first five lines of the message are displayed. The total display is 560 characters, or seven lines terminated by newline characters, whichever occurs first. The biff y command is often included in the $HOME/.login or $HOME/.profile file to be executed each time you log in. The biff command operates asynchronously. For synchronous notification, use the MAIL variable of sh or ksh, or the mail variable of csh. EXAMPLES
To display the current setting, enter: biff To be notified during the current terminal session whenever mail arrives, enter the following in your $HOME/.login or $HOME/.profile file: biff y FILES
Read by login shell (after login. User profile. SEE ALSO
Commands: comsat(8), csh(1), ksh(1), mail(1), mailx(1), Bourne Shell sh(1b), POSIX Shell sh(1p) biff(1)
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