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Hi,

I was not sure if I can do this.
Suppose I have a file under /tmp
Suppose the file is called any_11_52.txt

Fisrt QUESTION???
If I zip this file using gzip will the user be able to unzip it , if I send it as an attachment in an email.

Secondly is there a command by which we can automattically send an email to xyz with this file as an attachment.?

If we cannot use gzip ....is there any other way of compressing it.

I know I can use winzip utility to do this but I want to automate this in a script.

Your help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks.
Rooh

Q) If I zip this file using gzip will the user be able to unzip it , if I send it as an attachment in an email.

A) yes the user will be a able to unzip the file as long as the use has gunzip utility installed on his/her machine and the right permissions to the file.


Q)Secondly is there a command by which we can automattically send an email to xyz with this file as an attachment.?

A)you can send a file as attachment by using mailx i.e
mailx -s "subject title" xyz@mydomain.com </myzipfile

Q)If we cannot use gzip ....is there any other way of compressing it.

A) yes, you could also use compress command

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