> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Gaumer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 4:05 PM > To: Debian User List > Subject: RE: command to send mail > Patrick Kirchner wrote: > > I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I've always done this: > > mutt -s SubjectHere -a /path/to/attachment [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > /dev/null > > It's nice because the e-mail just goes with the attachment and no > > further prompts are needed, but how does the "email_body" fit into > > this? > > If I try Eric's example I'm told: > > -bash: email_body: No such file or directory > email_body is the text of the email you want to send (outside > the attachment). > The redirection operator ( < ) tells bash to use that text as > STDIN to mutt. > -- > Eric Gaumer > Debian GNU/Linux PPC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://egaumer.pagecache.org > PGP/GPG Key 0xF15D41E9
Now I get it, so if I have the file "email_body" with the text in it, I don't need the "</dev/null" bit. Thanks much, Patrick. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
