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[Micheal Patterson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chad Albert" <Chad.Albert at myhealthcarefirst.com>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:46 PM
Subject: mail


> I am writing a script that mails me when certain events occur.  I am
> using mail(1) to notify me by email when some things happen.  I have
> read the man page and I don't see a way to attach a file, does anyone
> know how to use mail(1) to attach a file?


If it's a text file, just cat filename.ext |mail -s "subject" sender at address
to send the contents to the target address. On the other hand, if you want
to attach the file, use mailx from ports. There's an -a flag to attach files
to outbound emails.

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Micheal Patterson
TSG Network Administration
405-917-0600

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