AIX

Hi
All,

I have AIX 5.3 server. I am not able to transfer multiple file in mail but I can send one file at a time. the following command I am using to send multiple file

mail -s 'PICS EXP RATE Logs' lger@nd.com < /data02/transfer/*_experience_rate_log.txt

but this not working. i can send one file using particular file name.

any clue?

Thanks,
Vishal

The problem lies not in the mail system but in a misunderstanding about how redirection works on your part: the "*" is expanded by the shell prior to passing the results of this expansion to the command. Therefore what you have written is analogous to

Code:

process < a b c

where a, b and c are some files. There is no reason for the system (and rightfully so) to concatenate these files to some stream. This is what "cat" (for "concatenate" is for. Both variants would work, assuming that a, b and c are the only files in the directory:

Code:

cat a b c | process
cat * | process

In the latter case "*" is expanded to "a b c" by the shell making both lines identical.

Applying this to your case your command should be:

Code:

cat /data02/transfer/*_experience_rate_log.txt |mail -s 'PICS EXP RATE Logs' lger@nd.com

I hope this helps.

bakunin

bakunin,

it is working fine... Thanks .. vishal