Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-30 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Jeff Katcher wrote: > > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > > the command line? > > What about such a simple command: > mpack -s "Subject of the message" filename recipient_address Someone at work needed

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-28 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Jeff Katcher wrote: > Hi all > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > the command line? What about such a simple command: mpack -s "Subject of the message" filename recipient_address Additionally you may use the "-m" option to split the b

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Jeff Katcher
> It splits the file up into chunks and sends it one chunk per mail > because some mail transports will reject mail over a certain size. > > I don't know how netscape re-assembles these chunks. It Dosn't > You can try making the default chunksize larger so that it is not split. > To do this, y

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > example: > > [prompt]$ cat mytar.tar.gz |mimeit application/x-gtar/ "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > "This is the subject of the mail" > > Cool, it worked, I think. When it gets to the other end i get several > messages all with attachments called "Part 1" "Part 2". Ho

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Jeff Katcher
Mitch Blevins wrote: > > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > > the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS > > stuff coming back) program that tars and gzipps up some directorys and >

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 26 Mar, Will Lowe wrote about "Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line" >> I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from >> the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS > > how 'bou

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Will Lowe
> I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS how 'bout: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] < foo.tar.gz Will ---

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > Hi all > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS > stuff coming back) program that tars and gzipps up some directorys and > then emails them to me. All this for

How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Jeff Katcher
Hi all I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS stuff coming back) program that tars and gzipps up some directorys and then emails them to me. All this for the purpose of backing up my config files.