Need help on uuencode

[Ajith Hs]

Hi,

uuencode in OEL 7.7 Linux version not working as anticipated for
sending attachment . it is only enocding text in file attachment .Please
provide us with the correct syntax for attaching files with mailx command
using uuencode .

we are using below version of uuencode :

$ uuencode --version
uuencode (GNU sharutils) 4.13.3
Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc., all rights reserved.
This is free software. It is licensed for use, modification and
redistribution under the terms of the
GNU General Public License, version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>


please send bug reports to: bug-gn...@gnu.org


regards,
Ajith HS

[Bruce Korb]

On 12/18/18 3:09 AM, Ajith Hs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> uuencode in OEL 7.7 Linux version not working as anticipated for
> sending attachment . it is only enocding text in file attachment .Please
> provide us with the correct syntax for attaching files with mailx command
> using uuencode .

The uuencode program simply converts binary data files into ASCII text
with limited line lengths. It is up to your Mail User Agent (MUA) to
attach it. If "mailx" is the command you use, then you need to learn how
to attach the uuencode output to your mail. That said, most MUAs
nowadays will automatically encode binary files for you and the
recipient will have their MUA decode it. All automatically.

Also, I don't use mailx. I use either Thunderbird or a browser.
Sorry I could not be more helpful.

Regards, Bruce