[plug] Using the mail command to send attachments

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Bradley Browne wrote:

> I want to send a text file I am working on to my windows machine
> so that I can quickly print it off and review it.  I can't be
> bothered ftp'ing the file all the time, I would much rather be
> able to send it as an attachment in an email.  I need root access
> to get at the file and so I would like to use the mail command to
> send it.  Is this possible ?  I have had a look at the man page
> but from reading that it seems that this is not a feature that
> mail has.

mail -s 'The file' you at your.windowsbox </path/to/the.file

This will geneerate a message where the body is the text file you want to
print.  With a Subject of 'The File'

It's NOT an attachment BUT will save some hassles.

Yours Tony.

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