I am facing problem with "mail" utility on redhat linux.
If I use ~c in a file and use that file as imput to mail, the mail is not sent to the adrress after ~c. Instead ~c apears in the mail content itself.
Now my mail content will be
Any help how I can use ~c using mail?
On solaris/HP I use mailx to achieve same functionality.
My sysadmin told that mailx is not availble in linux. When he installed mailx package, mail got installed.
thanks,
Ashish
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Welcome to Darwin!
% mail root
Subject: test
test
.
EOT
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
biff
BIFF(1) BSD General Commands Manual BIFF(1)NAME
biff -- be notified if mail arrives and who it is from
SYNOPSIS
biff [ny]
DESCRIPTION
Biff informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives during the current terminal session.
Options supported by biff:
n Disables notification.
y Enables notification.
When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives. A
``biff y'' command is often included in the file .login or .profile to be executed at each login.
Biff operates asynchronously via the comsat(8) service. If that service is not enabled, biff will not do anything. In that case, or for syn-
chronous notification, use the MAIL variable of sh(1) or the mail variable of csh(1).
SEE ALSO csh(1), mail(1), sh(1), comsat(8)HISTORY
The biff command appeared in 4.0BSD.
BUGS su(1), and biff don't seem to get on too well. This is probably due to the tty still being owned by the person using su. This can result in
``Permission denied'' messages when attempting to change the biff status of your session.
Please report bugs to netbug@ftp.uk.linux.org including diffs/patches, compiler error logs or as complete a bug report as is possible.
Linux NetKit (0.17-pre-20000412) July 31, 1999 Linux NetKit (0.17-pre-20000412)