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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users email file as attachment... Post 302597214 by gary_w on Thursday 9th of February 2012 04:03:42 PM
Old 02-09-2012
Here's an example I did for some folks at work (ksh on Solaris). It sends the same file as 2 attachments just to show how it's done.

Create a text file by doing this:
Code:
 
who > example.txt

then run this script called mailtest:
Code:
 
#!/bin/ksh
##
##  mailtest - example to show how to do attachments.
##
 
# set the body of the message.
MAILBODY="This is the body of the e-mail"
 
# If an ascii file, convert CR/LF so it will open properly in Outlook.
unix2dos -437 -ascii example.txt attach.out
 
(print $MAILBODY; uuencode attach.out example.txt; uuencode attach.out example1.txt) | \
    mailx -s "mail example 2 attachments" <user>@<domain.com> 
if (( $? != 0 ))
  then print "$0: uuencode or mailx failed"
       exit 3
fi
exit 0

You will get an e-mail with the same file attached twice.
Last edited by gary_w; 02-09-2012 at 05:35 PM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX

uudecode

uuencode(1c)															      uuencode(1c)

Name
       uuencode, uudecode - encode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail

Syntax
       uuencode [file] remotedest | mail sys1!sys2!..!decode
       uudecode [file]

Description
       The  and  commands are used to send a binary file by uucp (or other) mail.  This combination can be used over indirect mail links even when
       is not available.

       The command takes the named source file (default standard input) and produces an encoded version on the standard output.  The encoding uses
       only printing ASCII characters, and includes the mode of the file and the remotedest for recreation on the remote system.

       The  command  reads  an	encoded file, strips off any leading and trailing lines added by mailers, and recreates the original file with the
       specified mode and name.

       The intent is that all mail to the user ``decode'' should be filtered through the program.  This way  the  file	is  created  automatically
       without	human  intervention.   This  is possible on the uucp network by either using or by making be a link to instead of In each case, an
       alias must be created in a master file to get the automatic invocation of

       If these facilities are not available, the file can be sent to a user on the remote machine who can uudecode it manually.

       The encode file has an ordinary text form and can be edited by any text editor to change the mode or remote name.

Restrictions
       The file is expanded by 35% (3 bytes become 4 plus control information) causing it to take longer to transmit.

       The user on the remote system who is invoking (often must have write permission on the specified file.

See Also
       mail(1), uucp(1c), uusend(1c), uux(1c), uuencode(5)

																      uuencode(1c)
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