Command line mail program (mail)

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Di, den 11.05.2004 schrieb Gustavo Gouvea um 19:24:

> Is there a way to send files as attchments in the cmd line?

tar cjvf - /directory | uuencode directory.tar.bz2 | mail -s
"directory.bar.bz2 as attachment" recipient at domain.tld

uuencode is part of sharutils RPM.

A much more flexible way would be to use nail instead of mail:

http://nail.sourceforge.net/

Alexander


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