Send multiple attachments with sendmail

[PM Srividhya]

Hi,

I want to send multiple attachments from the sendmail utility (or any other e-mail utility in HP-UX).

I'm able to attach one file with the following script:

#! /usr/bin/ksh
# Arguments : -f -t -c -s -b -a

#For Eg. sendMail -t user@host.com -c user1@host1.com -s subject -b body -a attach.txt


while getopts 'f:t:c:s:b:a:' opt
do
case $opt in
f)
fromAddress=$OPTARG
;;
t)
toAddress=$OPTARG
;;
c)
ccAddress=$OPTARG
;;
s)
subject=$OPTARG
;;
b)
body=$OPTARG
;;
a)
attachment=$OPTARG
;;
:)
print "$OPTARG need an argument"
exit 1
;;
\?)
print "$OPTARG need a value"
exit 1
;;
esac
done

if [ -z "$toAddress" ] || [ -z "$subject" ] || [ -z "$body" ] || [ -z "$attachment" ]
then
print "Error: To Address, Subject and Body of the mail and attachment are required arguments"
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -f $attachment ] || [ ! -r $attachment ]
then
print "$attachment is not a readable file"
exit 1
fi

boundary='=== This is the boundary between parts of the message. ==='
{
print - "From: <${fromAddress}>"
print - "To: <${toAddress}>"
print - "Cc: <${ccAddress}>"
if [ -n $subject ]
then
print - 'Subject:' $subject
fi
print - 'MIME-Version: 1.0'
print - 'Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; '
print - ' BOUNDARY='\"$boundary\"
print -
print -
print - "--${boundary}"
print - 'Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII'
print -
cat $body
print -
print -
print - "--${boundary}"
print - 'Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name='$attachment
print - 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='$attachment
print -
cat $attachment
print -
print - "--${boundary}--"
} | /usr/lib/sendmail "${toAddress} ${ccAddress}"

Could any body please help me how to do it for multiple attachments?

Thanks,
Vidhya

[Peter Godron]

Hi Vidhya,

Please see:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=708917
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=52454
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=79132

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http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

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[Court Campbell]

tarball all the attachments, then use uuencode.

uuencode tarball tarball | mailx -s "subject" to@me.org

[Arturo Galbiati]

Hi,
by mail:

mail -t <Subject: test
From:
Cc:
bcc:
$(ux2dos test.txt|uuencode test.txt)
$(ux2dos test.html|uuencode test.html)
EOF

HTH,
Art

N.B. Please remeber to assign points

[Dave La Mar]

Vidhya -
You have many fine examples here. Allow me to ads an additional set of examples in the attached.

Regards,
-dl

[PM Srividhya]

Thanks all for the replies. I'm using the one suggested by Art to use uuencode along with mail and it works the way i'm looking for.
Thanks Art... (I should have given more points to you :O))

[PM Srividhya]

Thanks for all replies.