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Operating Systems HP-UX Sending Unix files as attachments in an email Post 302391847 by chompy on Tuesday 2nd of February 2010 05:13:26 PM
Old 02-02-2010
Code:
cat file|uuencode file|mailx -s "subject" address

is that command you are running?

you may try parenthesizing the command for attaching the file:

Code:
(cat file|uuencode file)|mailx -s "subject" address

 

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help(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   help(1)

NAME
help - Provides information for new users SYNOPSIS
help DESCRIPTION
The help command presents a one-page display of information for new users. Information is available for the following topics: Concatenat- ing or displaying files Editing lines interactively Sending and receiving mail Reading system messages Changing password file information Identifying current users of the system Sending messages to the other users on the system Displaying the contents of directories Viewing information on the Source Code Control System Setting terminal modes SEE ALSO
Commands: cat(1), ex(1), finger(1), ls(1), mail(1), mailx(1), passwd(1), sccshelp(1), tset(1), who(1), write(1) help(1)
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