shell mail is sending only attachments

jlieben · 08-19-2009, 01:31 AM

I made a shell-script for updateing antivirus.
At the end of the script the log file is send by mail.

why is it send as attachment and not as text??

the logfile is written as index.php for use on a monitoring page.
the command I use:
cat /srv/web/netwerk/update/index.php | mail -s "AV updates" email@domain.com

How can I solve this??

micxz · 08-19-2009, 01:48 AM

The contents of "index.php" are not in the body of your email? It should only add attachments with the -a flag.
You do realize that index.php is not getting executed it's just the source that should be sent.

chrism01 · 08-19-2009, 01:50 AM

mail systems can be funny, try this other syntax http://onlamp.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=m/mail and/or try mailx instead of mail.
Good luck.

jlieben · 08-21-2009, 02:44 AM

Thanx all, the -a option made it complete.
Now the file is send as attachment and in readable format.