mail , mailx

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 Peter Wu <peterwu at fenix2.dol-esa.gov> wrote:

> Hello,
>    I am using mail command trying to send two files from unix
>    Say, mail abc at ddd.net < testfile will send testfile to abc at ddd.net
>
>    Is there a possibility  to send two files at one time
> lide mail abc at ddd.net < testfile testfile2
> I tried this line of command but it always gave me error message
> So, Do you have any idea how i can send two files at one time
>
>
> my system is Dynix/ptx

Mailx predates the MIME standard, and thus it doesn't attachments. If you
wanted to send multiple files with mailx, you'd have to first combine them
into one file. A common convention is to use "tar" create a combined file,
"gzip" to compress that file, and "uuencode" to clean it up for the mail
system.

Other mailers, such as pine, handle attachments directly without this
extra effort.

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