mimencode will work similarly, but the man page says it is more reliable. >>> drue at therub.org 10/25/04 09:16AM >>> uuencode file.tar.gz file.tar.gz | mail myemail at example.com dan On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 08:58:43AM -0500, Tim Wilson wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Here's a variation on the theme. I've got a tarred, gzipped file that I'd > like to send from the command line to my regular email account. Doing > > mail myemail at example.com < file.tar.gz > > sends the message alright, but the file shows up in the body of the message > (and looking rather scrambled, of course) instead of as an attachment. > > How can I send a file from the command line as an attachment to an email? > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson > Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA > Educational technology guy, Linux and OS X fan, Grad. student, Daddy > mailto: wilson at visi.com aim: tis270 public key: 0x8C0F8813 > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list