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# 1  
Old 12-04-2012
Zipping files

Hi All,

I have a scenario where in am using uuencode to send a txt file as an excel to end users( email attachment).I have 7 different files and these files are sent as emails 7 times...


So my question is, can i not zip all the 7 files at once and attach those files in a single email????

Thanks
# 2  
Old 12-04-2012
Yes, you can:-
Code:
find . -name "*.txt" -print | zip att -@

Code:
uuencode att.zip att.zip | mailx -s "Att" user@domain.com

# 3  
Old 12-04-2012
Thanks for the prompt reply...can u let me know why did you mention att.zip twice in the below code mentioned..
Code:
uuencode att.zip att.zip | mailx -s "Att" user@domain.com

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are they 2 different files??????
# 4  
Old 12-04-2012
No, they are not different files. Below is the syntax of uuencode
Code:
uuencode <source file> <output file>

source file is the file to be encoded & output file is the encoded file. They can be the same name.
# 5  
Old 12-04-2012
In other words, 'output file' is the filename that the email gets told to use, which needn't have anything to do with the input name.
# 6  
Old 12-05-2012
Cool...Thanks...

---------- Post updated 12-05-12 at 04:19 AM ---------- Previous update was 12-04-12 at 04:12 PM ----------

using
Code:
find . -name "*.txt" -print | zip att -@

It is zipping all files in the directory, I have only a specific files to be zipped..Tried a few options but it dint work though..pls help
# 7  
Old 12-05-2012
use the file name instead of find command

echo yourfile.txt | zip att -@
 
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