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# 22  
Old 12-08-2010
Quote:
#! /bin/ksh
export EMAILLIST="abc@xyz.com"
cd /home2/data
File1=`ls -lrt *_Accepted.* | tail -1 | awk '{print ($9)}'`
File2=`ls -lrt *_Rejected.* | tail -1 | awk '{print ($9)}'`
echo $File1
echo $File2
SUBJECT="Two Attachment Email"
BODY="Kindly refer the attachment" > /home2/data/email_body.txt
# send an email using /bin/mail
(cat /home2/data/email_body.txt; uuencode "$File1" "$File1"; uuencode "$File2" "$File2") | mail -s "$SUBJECT" $EMAILLIST

The problem is quite simple. File1 and File2 are not files - they are environment variables.
Try it with real files.
Also if the filename end in ".txt" and we convert the files from unix to M$ format we can read them with Internet Explorer and Notepad.
I'm assuming you have a unix with the "ux2dos" command and a mailx with the "-m" switch to correctly format an email with uuencode attachments.
So far none of your posts mention what Operating System and mail client you are running which is why you get irrelevant answers. It is actually easier to deal with this issue by using "sendmail" rather than "mailx". Depends what you have.

Code:
File1=/tmp/File1.txt
File2=/tmp/File2.txt
ls -lrt *_Accepted.* | tail -1 | awk '{print ($9)}' > ${File1}
ls -lrt *_Rejected.* | tail -1 | awk '{print ($9)}' > ${File2}

(cat /home2/data/email_body.txt; ux2dos "${File1}"|uuencode "$File1"; ux2dos "${File2}"|uuencode "$File2") | mail -m -s "$SUBJECT" $EMAILLIST[/QUOTE]

# 23  
Old 12-09-2010
Hi,

For my requirement i wrote a separate script for sending email
Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh
function sendEmail
{
MAILTO=$1
SUBJECT=$2
BODY=$3
export ATTACH=$4
export ATTACH1=$5
echo $BODY
(
 echo "To: $MAILTO"
 echo "Subject: $SUBJECT"
 echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"
 echo 'Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-q1w2e3r4t5"'
 echo
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo "Content-Type: text/plain"
 echo "Content-Disposition: inline"
 echo $BODY 
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: application; name="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
 uuencode -m $ATTACH "output.txt"
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: application; name="'$(basename $ATTACH1)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH1)'"'
 uuencode -m $ATTACH1 "output.txt"
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
) | /usr/sbin/sendmail $MAILTO
}

and for sending email i called the below command
Code:
sendEmail $EMAILLIST "$SUBJECT" "Hello" "$File1" "$File2"

But am able to view only one attachment how can i modify the code to get 2 attachments attached?

Kindly help me with your thoughts.

Thanks In Advance.
Meva.

---------- Post updated at 06:32 AM ---------- Previous update was at 06:14 AM ----------

Hey..... My script is working now Smilie i made changes to it and my final script is given below
Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh
function sendEmail
{
MAILTO=$1
SUBJECT=$2
BODY=$3
export ATTACH=$4
export ATTACH1=$5
echo $BODY
(
 echo "To: $MAILTO"
 echo "Subject: $SUBJECT"
 echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"
 echo 'Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-q1w2e3r4t5"'
 echo
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo "Content-Type: text/plain"
 echo "Content-Disposition: inline"
 echo $BODY 
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
 uuencode -m $ATTACH "output.txt"
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="'$(basename $ATTACH1)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH1)'"'
 uuencode -m $ATTACH1 "output1.txt"
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
) | /usr/sbin/sendmail $MAILTO
}

But the problem i was facing is that i was not able to view the body of the email and its blank in my mail; its getting echoed in the command prompt....how do i include the body content to my email to my mail.....

---------- Post updated at 06:42 AM ---------- Previous update was at 06:32 AM ----------

Hey my script is now working fine now Smilie Below code is used for attaching the .csv files to email

Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh
function sendEmail
{
MAILTO=$1
SUBJECT=$2
BODY=$3
export ATTACH=$4
export ATTACH1=$5
echo $BODY
(
 echo "To: $MAILTO"
 echo "Subject: $SUBJECT"
 echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"
 echo 'Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-q1w2e3r4t5"'
 echo
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo "Content-Type: text/plain"
 echo "Content-Disposition: inline"
 echo 
 echo $BODY 
 echo
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
 uuencode -m $ATTACH "output.txt"
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="'$(basename $ATTACH1)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH1)'"'
 uuencode -m $ATTACH1 "output1.txt"
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
) | /usr/sbin/sendmail $MAILTO
}

Then i called the below command and it worked

Code:
sendEmail $EMAILLIST "$SUBJECT" "Hello" "$File1" "$File2"

Thanks All for your valuable inputs Smilie

Meva.
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