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How do I email an attached .tar file in aix

this works in solaris because solars has mailx
uuencode tar.tar tar.tar | mailx -s `hostname` Omar@pedaruski.com

I have solaris boxes that do not have mailx, this does not work..

Also if you know.... I also have redhat 4/5 boxes also.

I have 50 files that need sent to me in a tar format. They add up to about 10 megs and the network will deliver them !!

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woolmilkporc

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TIMFOX123

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I tried mail and my tar of 50 files became just one large file containing the other 50 files. I had no idea where one started and the other one ended.

Just taking the x off of mailx in that command does the one large file. I need to provide the files individually.

woolmilkporc

Your example has only one tar file.

So do you indeed have a script uuencoding one file after the other, or how should I imagine what you're actually trying to do?

TIMFOX123

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Oh, I need to do a script and do 50 attachments ?
in mailx I can just send the tar file with the other 50 files in it. EZ to do

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TIMFOX123

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I have 50 files I need to send.

I tared them up

uucp them | mailx and under solaris I can recive a mail with one big tar file ( that includes the 50 txt files )

I do it all the time with mailx

with mail it comes in as one large txt file that does me no good.

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woolmilkporc

What exactly was the solution of this issue?

Thx for the points!

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