uuencode

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1

Ello
I am having trouble getting uuencode to work.

This is the command I am using.

gzip -c /directory/path/file.txt | uuencode /directory/path/file.txt.gz | \
   /usr/bin/mailx -s"file -$(date)" email@email.com < /directory/path/file.txt.gz

However when I receive the email there is no attachment just the random characters.

This will be my first time using uuencode.

Thanks
Demi

2

I didn't test this, as I didn't set up sendmail, etc...

gzip -c /directory/path/file.txt | uuencode file.txt.gz |  \
   /usr/bin/mailx -s"file -$(date)" email@email.com
3

Thanks for the quick reply. When I use this command structure I receive command not found.

4

Which command, does it say?

I split your command over two lines using \ because it got rid of the scroll bar!

gzip -c /directory/path/file.txt | uuencode file.txt.gz | /usr/bin/mailx -s"file -$(date)" email@email.com
5

The output is this:
-bash: /usr/bin/mailx: No such file or directory

6

Hmm. I'm curious to know why that happens if your original command worked (albeit without the attachment).

And if you type

/usr/bin/mailx

at the prompt?