elm standard error/output from script

[Nick Lewers]

hpux 11i 64bit

I have a cron'd backup script that backs up some files as root then emails the log to a couple of people -
here is what i get back from cron:
&f1k16d-1L &f2k16d-1L &f3k16d-1L &f4k16d-1L &f5k16d-1L &f6k16d-1L &f7k16d-1L &f8k7d1L Cancel&s1A&jB&jR&f1k16d-1L &f2k16d-1L &f3k16d-1L &f4k16d-1L &f5k16d-1L &f6k16d-1L &f7k16d-1L &f8k7d1L Cancel&s1A&jB&jR&f1k14d1L Display Msg&f2k14d1L Mail Msgm&f3k15d1L Reply to Msgr&f4k14d1L Save Msgs&f5k14d1L Delete Msgd&f6k14d1LUndelete Msgu&f7k14d1L Print Msgp&f8k14d1L Quit ELMq&s1A&jB&jR&s1A&jB&jR&s0A&j@&f1k16d-1L &f2k16d-1L &f3k16d-1L &f4k16d-1L &f5k16d-1L &f6k16d-1L &f7k16d-1L &f8k7d1L Cancel&s1A&jB&jR&f1k16d-1L &f2k16d-1L &f3k16d-1L &f4k16d-1L !
&f5k16d-1L &f6k16d-1L &f7k16d-1L &f8k7d1L Cancel&s1A&jB&jR&f1k14d1L Display Msg&f2k14d1L Mail Msgm&f3k15d1L Reply to Msgr&f4k14d1L Save Msgs&f5k14d1L Delete Msgd&f6k14d1LUndelete Msgu&f7k14d1L Print Msgp&f8k14d1L Quit ELMq&s1A&jB&jR&s1A&jB&jR&s0A&j@

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Cron: The previous message is the standard output
and standard error of one of your crontab commands:

/usr/glsbin/filebu.sh

this looks like the standard elm menu, so I am assuming that is where the problem is - anyone have any thoughts on why I'm getting this? this is the elm command at the end of the script:
for names in $mailist
do
cat $bklog | elm -s "File Archive $host" $names >/dev/null
done

Thanks, Nick

[S.K. Chan]

Try ..
elm -s "File Archive $host" $names < $bklog
instead

[Craig Rants]

Try this format instead.

elm -s "Suject" user@domain.com < filename

GL,
C

[Uday_S_Ankolekar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Try using mailx instead of elm..

mailx -s "subject here" alias list < $logfile.

aliaslist would be the list of users who should get this mail and can be configures in /etc/mail aliases file

Goodluck,
-USA..

[Nick Lewers]

thanks - ill try redirecting the other way a try. Nick

[A. Clay Stephenson]

If you are running elm in a non-interactive environment, you must first create a .elm directory in the sender's home directory. It can be an empty directory but should have 700 permissions. Just to be safe, I would also create a 'Mail' directory with 700 permissions as well. Of course, all the other precautions apply as well. Make sure that every command in
your script under cron either is fully pathed or that PATH is properly set.

[Nick Lewers]

the mail directory exists and has the proper permissions. the funny thing is, this script worked fine on 10.20 32 bit (dont know if the sendmail version changed or not, or elm for that matter with 11i), so that's why I'm a bit perplexed. thanks for the replys, I'll let you know how it turns out.

[Nick Lewers]

the .elm directory also exists, and the file permissions are correct - sorry forgot to mention that (must be first post jitters i guess)

[Deshpande Prashant]

HI
The following command will send the log file as attachment in email.
For multiple people to receive it use mail aliases by defining it in /etc/mail/aliases file.

#/usr/bin/uuencode |mailx -m -s

Thanks.
Prashant.

[Nick Lewers]

well, redirection the other way didnt work (<), but mailx worked just fine - thanks for the responses, Nick