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Old 02-20-2006
Please tell me what do I do wrong here!

#!/usr/bin/csh
#
DAY=`date +%y%m%d`
H=`date +%H`
M=`date +%M`
mailx -s "$H-Myfile" email@email.com</home/mydir/myfile

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 02-20-2006
What errors are you getting?
# 3  
Old 02-20-2006
this is the message I got:

Y=060220: Command not found
H=19: Command not found
M=45: Command not found
H: Undefined variable
# 4  
Old 02-20-2006
Your interpreter is listed as csh, but you are using the syntax for sh/ksh/bash. You have to either change the interpreter to sh style shells, or change the code to this:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/csh
#
set DAY=`date +%y%m%d`
set H=`date +%H`
set M=`date +%M`
echo $DAY $H $M

# 5  
Old 02-20-2006
thanks! I will try
 
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