07-19-2004
Mail using bash script
Hi,
I am trying to write a script which emails the status of the job to the client. I am using bash script. I tried using mailx and the shell throws an error that 'command not found'. is mailx not supported in bash. Alternatively, is there any command that i can use for sending email in bash?
Thanks in adv
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
mail
mail(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands mail(1B)
NAME
mail, Mail - interactive message processing system
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/mail ...
/usr/ucb/Mail ...
DESCRIPTION
/usr/ucb/mail and /usr/ucb/Mail are provided as links to /usr/bin/mailx. See mailx(1) for more information on the usage of these commands.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
/usr/ucb/mail
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
/usr/ucb/Mail
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
mailx(1),attributes(5)
SunOS 5.11 19 Aug 1998 mail(1B)