Re: email -attach

[Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>]

On 2022-07-04 07:23, ricardo.couto@gmail.com wrote:
> Na sexta-feira, 1 de julho de 2022 21:15, Andrey Repin escreveu:
>> Na sexta-feira, 1 de julho de 2022 12:34, Brian Inglis escreveu:
>>> On 2022-06-22 14:19, ricardo.couto@gmail.com wrote:
> The package "email" does not works fine with "attach" option when use
> more than one files to attach.

>> $ email --version
>> email - By Dean Jones; Version 3.2.3-git $ email Brian -a
>> /etc/email/email.conf -a ~/.email.conf < \
>>          ~/.email/email.address.book
>> works fine for me.
>> You may need to use --attach not -attach - man and --help differ!

>>> -attach "file1,file2,file3"
>>> That's one file with name "file1,file2,file3".

>>>> No. There are 3 comma separeted files.
>>>> # man email
>>>>   --attach file | -a file
>>>>     Attach a binary file. This option will allow you to attach N
>>>>     files to your email and will be base64 encoded upon
>>>>     delivery. This option is helpful if you need to send any type of
>>>>     file that is not plain ascii text. This option
>>>>     can be used multiple times to add multiple files to attach.>>> EXAMPLES OF USAGE
>>>> # Attach some files with your message
>>>>   email -s "files attached" Dean,Jeff --attach stuff.tar.gz,readme.doc
>>>>     --attach stuff.tar.gz,readme.doc

There are a number of errors in that package documentation mentioning 
features not (or no longer) implemented; the --help is more accurate; 
believe and use what works:

	"This option can be used multiple times to add multiple files to attach."

BTW: it uses getopt_long_only(3) [man-pages-linux package] which allows 
single dash or double dash long option names as well as single dash 
short option characters.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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