[rhn-users] What is the simplest way to use command line (mail orsendmail) with an attachment?

Jeremy Webber jeremyw at al.com.au
Thu Mar 30 23:58:46 UTC 2006


On 31/03/2006, at 9:03 AM, Riley, Liz (ACHE) wrote:

>
> Try
>
> uuencode filename < filename | mail -s "Subject goes here" 
> person at host.com
>

It's important to note that uuencode is not MIME (it predates MIME and 
is not part of the MIME standard).  Not all MIME-compatible mail 
clients can understand uuencode.

Sorry this doesn't answer the OP's question.  uuencode may be good 
enough for that, else I guess it's Perl.

	-jeremy




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