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Old 04-23-2009
Move contents of a directory into one file for e-mail distribution ...

Hello,

Here is what I am trying to accomplish.

I am going to have one directory in which there will be files of varying types (Excel, Word, PPT, and possible others), and I need to be able to be bundle however many files there are in there together in to one file to be used as an e-mail attachment that I would like the recipient to be able to open and extract the files. The files would be for information only. The will not need to do anything to any directories on the recipients system.

I have tried tar and tar did what I wanted it to do as far as bundling them up into one file but upon extraction the files are unreadable. I saved the group files into a file and I told tar to use .zip for its extention. Perhaps I am a mere tweak away from using this but I don't know what else to do using this as a solution.

gzip, unless I am using it wrong, did not do what I need for it to do at all.

I use mpack to create the e-mail with the attachment and then use sendmail to send to the recipient.

I have read many of the other posts about gathering files but I think what I am attempting to do is not a repeat of what has been asked before.

Thanks for any help that can be given.

Last edited by rip73; 04-23-2009 at 01:02 PM.. Reason: Want to re-do the title
 

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Excel::Template::Plus::TT(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    Excel::Template::Plus::TT(3pm)

NAME
Excel::Template::Plus::TT - Extension of Excel::Template to use TT SYNOPSIS
use Excel::Template::Plus::TT; # this is most commonly used through # the Excel::Template::Plus factory my $template = Excel::Template::Plus::TT->new( template => 'greeting.tmpl', config => { INCLUDE => [ '/templates' ] }, params => { greeting => 'Hello' } ); $template->param(location => 'World'); $template->write_file('greeting.xls'); DESCRIPTION
This is an engine for Excel::Template::Plus which replaces the standard Excel::Template template features with TT. See the Excel::Template::Plus docs for more information. METHODS
Accessors config template template_class params Excel::Template compat methods params ($name | $name = $value)> This provides access to getting and setting the parameters, it behaves exactly like the standard CGI.pm-style param method. output Returns the generated excel file. write_file ($filename) Writes the generated excel file to $filename. Housekeeping DEMOLISH This will cleanup any temp files generated in the process. meta Returns the metaclass. BUGS
All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug to cpan-RT. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This module was inspired by Excel::Template::TT. AUTHOR
Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2007-2010 by Infinity Interactive, Inc. <http://www.iinteractive.com> This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.14.2 2012-05-06 Excel::Template::Plus::TT(3pm)
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