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Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:07:23 +0900
From: horio shoichi <bugsgrief@bugsgrief.net>
To: "Chad Albert" <Chad.Albert@myhealthcarefirst.com>
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:46:33 -0600
"Chad Albert" <Chad.Albert@myhealthcarefirst.com> wrote:
> I am writing a script that mails me when certain events occur.  I am
> using mail(1) to notify me by email when some things happen.  I have
> read the man page and I don't see a way to attach a file, does anyone
> know how to use mail(1) to attach a file?
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Depends on how you invoke mail, but one method:

	cat file1 file2 ... filen|mail -s "a lot of files" $USER


horio shoichi