> Here is my code:
>
> #include <fstream>
> using namespace std;
>
> int main (int argc, char* argv[])
> {
> ofstream out;
>
> out.open("/root/test.data");
>
> for (int x = 0; x < argc; x++)
> out << argv[x];
> out.close();
> return 0;
>
> }
>
> It works fine from the command line, but when I try to send mail to it
> the file isn't written...
You're probably looking at a permissions problem. Sendmail (and other
mailers) typically run as non-root. Therefore when you are trying to open
/root/test.data it's probably failing miserably, throwing an exception, and
bailing.
Try changing to /tmp/test.data and see what happens.
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