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Old 03-13-2020
No content in the attached file when sending it via Mailx command on Solaris

Hi All,

I am trying to send a file using the Mailx command but when I receive the file I am getting an empty file. Below are the commands that I am using:
Code:
uuencode /path/ MAIL new.html >> my_attachment
/usr/bin/mailx -s "Testing" -v  emailid@com< my_attachment

I get the file in the mail but when I open it , its empty, I can see the size of the file is also mentioned around 200Kb.
I am also getting a message like this in the mail body:
Code:
begin-base64 644 wombat_2020-02-24.log.

I have tried to send txt file, html file but still getting the same issue.

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please do wrap your samples/codes in CODE TAGS as per forum rules.

Last edited by rbatte1; 03-13-2020 at 09:52 AM..
 

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MAIL(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   MAIL(1)

NAME
mail - send and receive electronic mail SYNOPSIS
mail [-dpqrv] [-f file] [user] OPTIONS
-d Force use of the shell variable MAILER -f Use file instead of /usr/spool/mail/user as mailbox -p Print all mail and then exit -q Quit program if SIGINT received -r Reverse print order, i.e., print oldest first -v Verbose mode EXAMPLES
mail ast # Send a message to ast mail # Read your mail DESCRIPTION
Mail is an extremely simple electronic mail program. It can be used to send or receive email on a single MINIX system, in which case it functions as user agent and local delivery agent. If the flag MAILER is defined in mail.c, it can also call a transport agent to handle remote mail as well. No such agent is supplied with MINIX. When called by user with no arguments, it examines the mailbox /usr/spool/mail/user, prints one message (depending on the -r flag), and waits for one of the following commands: <newline> Go to the next message - Print the previous message !command Fork off a shell and execute command CTRL-D Update the mailbox and quit (same as q) d Delete the current message and go to the next one q Update the mailbox and quit (same as CTRL-D) p Print the current message again s [file] Save message in the named file x Exit without updating the mailbox To send mail, the program is called with the name of the recipient as an argument. The mail is sent, along with a postmark line containing the date. For local delivery, a file named after the recipient in the directory /usr/spool/mail must be writable. If the directory /usr/spool/mail does not exist then the mail is dumped on the console, so that system programs have a way to notify a user on a system that does not have a mail spool. MAIL(1)
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