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# 15  
Old 08-01-2016
Automating Mail Process
Hi Don Cragun

1. i ran the script with echo keyboard inside the script as u instructed and it is unable to send the mail,it just displays the files inside that Folder.
Code:
/sreenivasa@UIPL08:~/Desktop$ ./Experiment1.sh
#mail -s linux mail send attachment example  -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Arduino.doc" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Bug.jpg" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Bugzilla.pdf" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Dataset.zip" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/diet.jpg" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Raj.txt" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/RFQ.xlsx"  rajnikant875@gmail.com,sinha6315@gmail.com,rajnikant@gytechs.com

2. And when i use the same script with single attachment it will send mail with that particular attachment.

3. When i ran same script without echo keyword,it displays output something as:
Code:
sreenivasa@UIPL08:~/Desktop$ ./Experiment1.sh
 -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Arduino.doc" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Bug.jpg" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Bugzilla.pdf" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Dataset.zip" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/diet.jpg" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Raj.txt" -a "/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/RFQ.xlsx": No such file or directory

4. i tried using mailx,uuencode but none of them are working with multiple attachment.But for loop is able to attach all the files from ATTACHMENTS folder.

5. Please share your input.


Thank U
Rajnikant

---------- Post updated at 10:38 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:36 AM ----------

The code which i am using is:
Code:
/#!/bin/bash
ATTACHMENT_DIR="/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH"
ATTACHMENTS=
BODY_FILE="/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/Testing.txt"
SUBJECT="linux mail send attachment example"
TO_LIST="rajnikant875@gmail.com,sinha6315@gmail.com,rajnikant@gytechs.com"

# Gather list of attachments:
for file in "$ATTACHMENT_DIR"/*
do    [ ! -f "$file" ] && continue
    ATTACHMENTS="$ATTACHMENTS -a \"$file\""
done

# Send the message.
mail -s "$SUBJECT"  "$ATTACHMENTS" "$TO_LIST" < "$BODY_FILE"

Last edited by Don Cragun; 08-01-2016 at 01:11 PM.. Reason: Fix CODE tags and and ICODE tags.
# 16  
Old 08-01-2016
Sorry. My mistake. There should not be double quotes around the expansion of $ATTACHMENTS in the mail command. Please try this:
Code:
mail -s "$SUBJECT"  $ATTACHMENTS "$TO_LIST" < "$BODY_FILE"

instead of:
Code:
mail -s "$SUBJECT"  "$ATTACHMENTS" "$TO_LIST" < "$BODY_FILE"

# 17  
Old 08-02-2016
Automating Mail Process
Hi Don Cragun
Case1: i used the
Code:
mail -s "$SUBJECT"  $ATTACHMENTS "$TO_LIST" < "$BODY_FILE"

Output i am getting is like this on console:
Code:
sreenivasa@UIPL08:~/Desktop$ sudo ./Experiment1.sh
"/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Arduino.doc": No such file or directory

Case2: When i use
Code:
mail -s "$SUBJECT"  "$ATTACHMENTS" "$TO_LIST" < "$BODY_FILE"

Then it would send mail without any attachment,i had attached one snapshot of that.please have a look.

Thanks
Rajnikant



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Mod Comment Please use code tags correctly!
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Last edited by RudiC; 08-02-2016 at 04:27 AM.. Reason: Repaired CODE tags.
# 18  
Old 08-02-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by rajnikant
Hi Don Cragun
Case1: i used the
Code:
mail -s "$SUBJECT"  $ATTACHMENTS "$TO_LIST" < "$BODY_FILE"

Output i am getting is like this on console:
Code:
sreenivasa@UIPL08:~/Desktop$ sudo ./Experiment1.sh
"/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH/Arduino.doc": No such file or directory

Case2: When i use
Code:
mail -s "$SUBJECT"  "$ATTACHMENTS" "$TO_LIST" < "$BODY_FILE"

Then it would send mail without any attachment,i had attached one snapshot of that.please have a look.

Thanks
Rajnikant



Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags correctly!
Automating Mail Process-attachment-failpng
# 19  
Old 08-02-2016
Automating Mail Process
Hi rabatte
Script is able to send mail with single attachment but when it comes to multiple attachments.it is unable to do so.Have a look and share your thoughts.

Code which i am using is code:
Code:
#!/bin/bash ATTACHMENT_DIR="/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACH"  ATTACHMENTS= BODY_FILE="/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/Testing.txt"  SUBJECT="linux mail send attachment example"  TO_LIST="rajnikant875@gmail.com,sinha6315@gmail.com,rajnikant@gytechs.com"   # Gather list of attachments: for file in "$ATTACHMENT_DIR"/* do    [ !  -f "$file" ] && continue     ATTACHMENTS="$ATTACHMENTS -a  \"$file\"" done  # Send the message. mail -s "$SUBJECT"  $ATTACHMENTS  "$TO_LIST" < "$BODY_FILE"

Thanks
Rajnikant

---------- Post updated at 07:44 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:14 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by balajesuri
Use for-loop. But I suppose you would want to change the email body and subject per attachment. I leave it to you to figure it out.

Code:
for ATTACHMENT_FILE in /path/to/folder/* # assuming folder has only files that are to be attached. Tweak accordingly.
do
    SUBJECT="linux mail send attachment example"
    BODY_FILE="/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/Testing.txt"
    CC_LIST="rajnikant875@gmail.com,sinha6315@gmail.com,rajnikant@gytechs.com"
    cat "$BODY_FILE" | mail -s "$SUBJECT" -a "$ATTACHMENT_FILE" "$CC_LIST"
done

Hi balajesuri
for loop is working but it is sending all the attachment one by one.Can we modify it in a way that it send all the attachment in a single mail.please share your thought.

Thanks
Rajnikant

---------- Post updated at 07:50 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:44 AM ----------

Hi Don Cragun
Here is another piece of code but problem here is, it send all attachments one by one, not all at time.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
for ATTACHMENT_FILE in /home/sreenivasa/Desktop/ATTACHMENTS/* 
do
    SUBJECT="linux mail send attachment example"
    BODY_FILE="/home/sreenivasa/Desktop/Testing.txt"
    CC_LIST="rajnikant875@gmail.com,sinha6315@gmail.com,rajnikant@gytechs.com"
    mail -s "$SUBJECT" -a $ATTACHMENT_FILE "$CC_LIST" < "$BODY_FILE" 
done

Can u share your idea to make it better.
Thanks
Rajnikant
Last edited by rajnikant; 08-02-2016 at 09:22 AM..
# 20  
Old 08-02-2016
OK. I understand what I did wrong, but my problem is that when you have filenames like RFQ - Medical - 15-05- 2016.xlsx (containing whitespace characters) we have to quote the filename to keep it from being treated as six separate files, but gathering a group of quoted strings in a variable and expanding that variable ends up with the quotes being part of the filename.

Can you rename your attachment files so that they do not include any spaces or tabs before you call this script?

If not, do you mind if the script renames the files in the attachments directory (and leaves them with new names not containing spaces or tabs)? (Note that if any of the directories in the pathname of you attachments directory contain any whitespace characters, I am not offering to make a script for you that will work in those circumstances!)
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rajnikant
# 21  
Old 08-02-2016
Automating mail process
HI
i would not mind renaming Folder name or script renaming the files in the attachments directory.i already renamed this particular file from
Code:
RFQ - Medical - 15-05- 2016.xlsx (containing whitespace characters)

to just RFQ.xlsx
But still it is unable to send the attachment.Please share your input.

Thanks
Rajnikant
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