Re: PDF files on Unix.

[Mark Risman <mrisman@PAINEWEBBER.COM>]

The reason I did not mention uuencode is that the fact that it is not MIME-compliant caused problems for us (unless this has changed?).  For example if the recipient was using Z-mail, they could not read the attachements.  This is something you should be aware of if you plan to send binary files as attachments - some mail readers can handle uuencode, while others cannot.

- Mark


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Andrew Chan [mailto:Andrew_Chan@MANULIFE.COM]
                Sent:   Monday, January 31, 2000 4:25 PM
                To:     SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
                Subject:        Re: PDF files on Unix.

                We have an unix script to do it.

                # Send a Mail Message
                # ===================

                # Called by: hrmail.ksh

                # $1 = distribution file (recipients)
                # $2 = message type (text / attrpt / attdat / report)
                # $3 = message file
                # $4 = unique mail id
                # $5 = attachment file

                # ===========================
                # Create Mail Command File
                # ===========================

                mailcmd=$HRPAR/$4.mail.ini

                # Mail To (recipients)

                cp $HRDAT/mailto.$1.txt          $mailcmd

                # Mail From (sender)

                cat $HRDAT/mailfrom.hr.txt    >> $mailcmd

                # Subject

                cat $HRDAT/mailsub.$4.txt     >> $mailcmd

                # Message Text / Attachment / Report

                if test $2 = 'text'
                then

                  cat $HRDAT/mailmsg.$3.txt   >> $mailcmd

                elif test $2 = 'attrpt'
                then

                  cat $HRDAT/mailmsg.$3.txt   >> $mailcmd
                  uuencode $HRRPT/$5 $5       >> $mailcmd

                elif test $2 = 'attdat'
                then

                  cat $HRDAT/mailmsg.$3.txt   >> $mailcmd
                  ux2dos $HRDAT/$5 | grep -v
                  | uuencode $5 >> $mailcmd

                elif test $2 = 'report'
                then

                  cat $HRRPT/mail.report.lis  >> $mailcmd
                  cat $HRRPT/$3.lis           >> $mailcmd

                fi

                # ===========================
                # Send Mail
                # ===========================

                sendmail -B8BITMIME -tvba < $mailcmd
                ##sendmail -B7BIT -tvba < $mailcmd
                ##sendmail -tvba < $mailcmd
                rc=$?

                # ===========================
                # Remove Mail Command File
                # ===========================

                rm $mailcmd

                return $rc


                Regards.

                Andrew Chan
                HRMS/Enterprise Systems
                Manulife Financial
                NTM-E2
                andrew_chan@manulife.com
                Phone# (416) 926-5950
                Fax#       (416) 926-6087
                Pager#  (416) 329-3999





                Mark Risman <mrisman@PAINEWEBBER.COM> on 01/31/2000 03:59:24 PM

                Please respond to sqr-users@list.iex.net

                To:   SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
                cc:    (bcc: Andrew Chan/Investments/Manulife)
                Subject:  Re: PDF files on Unix.




                The only way I know of is to "encode" the file (mpack is an example of a
                standard encoder); the file then can be embedded in an e-mail.  Some encoders
                can send mail themselves, as well.

                - Mark

                                -----Original Message-----
                                From:   Gomstyn, Zoya [mailto:zoya_gomstyn@MERCK.COM]
                                Sent:   Monday, January 31, 2000 10:21 AM
                                To:     SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
                                Subject:        PDF files on Unix.

                                Does anybody know how to send PDF files from Unix to Internet?

                                I am using "mailx" command, that works fine, except that it
                losses (or
                                replaces) some characters during mailing and then Acrobat gives
                me error,
                                when I am trying to open the mail.


                                Thank you very much.

                                Zoya Gomstyn at Merck-Medco.