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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting AIX .ksh script freezes when using the mail -s command Post 302533710 by methyl on Friday 24th of June 2011 12:06:15 PM
Old 06-24-2011
Please mention what Operating System and version you have and what Shell you are using.

Most versions of "mail" read the contents of the mail body from standard input. Your script is probably waiting for someone to type. Though I can't vouch for your syntax for "mail" (particularly the %d and %s bit), providing "mail" with some input usually cures the "hang" issue:

Code:
echo "" | mail -s "%d files found in %s\n" "$numfiles" "$dir" $ADMIN

echo "Message body" | mail -s "%d files found in %s\n" "$numfiles" "$dir" $ADMIN

Just for interest, you'd probably have to type the end-of-file control code (usually ctrl/D) to get out of the original hang.

Afterthoughts:
On many systems the command would be "mailx" not "mail".
I guess that the %d and %s are misplaced "printf" syntax.

Last edited by methyl; 06-24-2011 at 01:25 PM..
 

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