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# 1  
Old 06-15-2011
AIX .ksh script freezes when using the mail -s command
Hello

I am trying to send an email when a .KSH script is run on an AIX Machine.

This email will only include a subject line that is made up of variables from within the script, and is as follows:

Code:
CURRENT_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d` 
TIME=`date`
ADMIN="myname@domain.com"
date
block ()
    {
    print "################################################"
    }
filecount()
{
  [ -e "$1" ] && numfiles=$# || numfiles=0
}
#=================================================================================================
for dir in /transfer/archive/$CURRENT_DATE
do
  filecount "$dir"/*
  if [ $numfiles -gt 0 ]
  then
    echo""
    block
    mail -s "%d files found in %s\n" "$numfiles" "$dir" $ADMIN
    printf "%d files found in %s\n" "$numfiles" "$dir"
    block
    echo""
  fi
done

Whenever I attempt to run this script it freezes at the following point:
Code:
 block
    mail -s "%d files found in %s\n" "$numfiles" "$dir" $ADMIN

I have run the printf command by itself, and this works as expected. I know that the mail function is working correctly as I have another script that this works on.

Could anyone offer some advice on the problem?
# 2  
Old 06-15-2011
Your syntax for the mail command would appear to be wrong. man mail for more information.
# 3  
Old 06-16-2011
Thanks fpmurphy

I have looked through the man for mail, and have attempted to modify the command to the following:

Code:
 mail -s "%d files found in %s\n" "$numfiles" "$dir" -c $ADMIN

I believe that this is correct now, but it is still failing to send and I have to cancel the command with a Ctrl + c.

Being completely new to (and apparently useless with) UNIX, I can not see what I am doing wrong. Do you have any other suggestions?
# 4  
Old 06-22-2011
I am still having issues with this. Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?
# 5  
Old 06-24-2011
Please mention what Operating System and version you have and what Shell you are using.

Most versions of "mail" read the contents of the mail body from standard input. Your script is probably waiting for someone to type. Though I can't vouch for your syntax for "mail" (particularly the %d and %s bit), providing "mail" with some input usually cures the "hang" issue:

Code:
echo "" | mail -s "%d files found in %s\n" "$numfiles" "$dir" $ADMIN

echo "Message body" | mail -s "%d files found in %s\n" "$numfiles" "$dir" $ADMIN

Just for interest, you'd probably have to type the end-of-file control code (usually ctrl/D) to get out of the original hang.

Afterthoughts:
On many systems the command would be "mailx" not "mail".
I guess that the %d and %s are misplaced "printf" syntax.
Last edited by methyl; 06-24-2011 at 01:25 PM..
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