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Old 03-28-2012
mail command in Unix
Hi All,

Is it possible to email a file from another directory in Unix shell prompt? In other words, do we have to be in the directory where the file is located to mail the file?

I was in the Mail directory and my file (filename) is in the Practice directory. I tried this and it didn't work:

Code:
mail -s "test email" email@hotmail.com < ..practice/mail/filename

The file is in Mail, which is in Practice, which is in Unix directory.

Please assist. Thanks!
Last edited by methyl; 03-28-2012 at 06:05 PM.. Reason: please use code tags
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Old 03-28-2012
I presume the .. is meant to look one directory up? You need the / still.

Code:
mail -s "test email" email@hotmail.com < ../practice/mail/filename

And is that directory named practice or Practice? The difference is important -- filenames and directory names in UNIX are case-sensitive.

Finally, in what way did it not work? The error message can tell you a lot about why.
# 3  
Old 03-28-2012
Hi,

I kept getting the following error:


Code:
../practice/mail/filename: No such file or directory.

and I typed the following:



Code:
mail -s "test email" email@hotmail.com < ../practice/mail/filename

Last edited by methyl; 03-28-2012 at 06:49 PM.. Reason: please use code tags
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Old 03-28-2012
if you are not sure about the relative path, use absolute i.e. start from /
# 5  
Old 03-28-2012
I agree. If you can't find the file with a ls command then it cannot be used in a mail command.

You know where the file is located in the directory tree.
Please cd to the directory containing the file and post:
Code:
pwd

Last edited by methyl; 03-28-2012 at 06:54 PM..
# 6  
Old 03-28-2012
Hi All,

This is what I tried and still not working.

Code:
[ unix ]ls
practice/

[ unix ]cd practice
[ practice ]ls
mail/  filename

[ practice ]cd ..
[ Unix ]mail -s "testing" email@hotmail.com < /practice/mail/filename
/practice/mail/filename: No such file or directory.

[ unix ]mail -s "testing" email@hotmail.com < /mail/filename
/mail/filename: No such file or directory.

[ unix ]

Last edited by methyl; 03-29-2012 at 09:27 AM.. Reason: please use code tags
# 7  
Old 03-28-2012
while you are in practice directory run pwd and post output here
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