mail << ! problem

[bitterrob]

I cannot get this to work inside a korn shell script, if I type the commands in then it does it but if I put it in a script and run it it doesnt work. the code I am trying to use is:
mail <<! <- open the mail program for using prompts
s nextmail <- save mail into nextmail file
q <-quit out
! <- end

unfortunately when I put this into a script it doesnt appear to do anthing inside the mail file.
Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[MikeLacey]

Rob,

The following works on my home system (HPUX 11i) using ksh.

mail <<!
s /tmp/myfile
q
!

Are you getting an error message? Mike
______________________________________________________________________
&quot;Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald.&quot;

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.

 

[bitterrob]

it works when I paste it in just not when I put it into a script, so that I can read the mail do some processing then, read the next one besause the save command removes the email.

 

[bitterrob]

so my script starts with
mail <<!
s /users/tec/csm/wh00/cam10682/nextmail
q
!
#then do this to the files
tmp=`grep -c unixassessment2002 nextmail`
if tmp > 0 then
emailaddy=`grep Reply-To: nextmail |sed -e &quot;s/Reply-To: //&quot;`
name=`grep NameToAdd nextmail |sed -e &quot;s/NameToAdd: //&quot;`
session=`grep Session nextmail |sed -e &quot;s/Session: //&quot;`
echo $session | cat > session
echo $name | cat > name
echo $emailaddy | cat > emailaddy
count='grep -c session table'
if $count < 4 then
paste $emailaddy $session $name > table
count=`grep -c @ emailaddy`
if $count = 1 then
echo Dear $name, you have been added to our list at time $session. Thank you | cat > mail
sendmail $emailaddy < mail
echo $session $name $emailaddy | cat >> table
fi
fi
fi
#dont know whether the syntax is totally correct but....

 

[MikeLacey]

try just this in a script, see if you can isolate the problem

mail <<!
s /users/tec/csm/wh00/cam10682/nextmail
q
!
cat /users/tec/csm/wh00/cam10682/nextmail Mike
______________________________________________________________________
&quot;Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald.&quot;

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.

 

[MikeLacey]

oh -- and no leading spaces on the ! line... Mike
______________________________________________________________________
&quot;Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald.&quot;

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.

 

[bitterrob]

ok ive spent a lot of time re-writing it
mail <<!
s /users/tec/csm/wh00/cam10682/bin/nextmail
q
!
tmp=`grep -c unixassessment2002 nextmail`
if [tmp = 1] then
emailaddy=`grep Reply-To: nextmail |sed -e &quot;s/Reply-To: //&quot;`
name=`grep NameToAdd nextmail |sed -e &quot;s/NameToAdd: //&quot;`
session=`grep Session nextmail |sed -e &quot;s/Session: //&quot;`
echo $session | cat > session
echo $name | cat > name
echo $emailaddy | cat > emailaddy
count='grep -c session table'
if [$count < 4] then
paste $emailaddy $session $name > table
count=`grep -c @ emailaddy`
if [$count = 1] then
echo Dear $name, you have been added to our list at time $session. Thank you | cat > mail
sendmail $emailaddy < mail
echo $session $name $emailaddy | cat >> table
else
fi
#wait and repeat script
else
echo Dear $name, unfortunately $session is fully booked please select another. Thank you |

cat > mail
sendmail $emailaddy < mail
fi
else
#put email back in mail file with cat >> mail file wait and repeat script
cat nextmail >> mbox
fi

I found out what I was doing wrong, I had to type ksh (script name) then it works.

I have another problem now though, its says unexpected else and fi's, when I try to compile it.

 

[MikeLacey]

ok, this syntax checks ok - whether it does what you want is another matter but it looks ok
[tt]
#!/usr/bin/ksh

set -n # syntax check only, comment this line out to run the script

mail <<!
s /users/tec/csm/wh00/cam10682/bin/nextmail
q
!

tmp=`grep -c unixassessment2002 nextmail`
if [[ $tmp -eq 1 ]]
then
emailaddy=`grep Reply-To: nextmail |sed -e &quot;s/Reply-To: //&quot;`
name=`grep NameToAdd nextmail |sed -e &quot;s/NameToAdd: //&quot;`
session=`grep Session nextmail |sed -e &quot;s/Session: //&quot;`
echo $session | cat > session
echo $name | cat > name
echo $emailaddy | cat > emailaddy
count=`grep -c session table`
if [[ $count -lt 4 ]]
then
paste $emailaddy $session $name > table
count=`grep -c @ emailaddy`
if [[ $count -eq 1 ]]
then
echo Dear $name, you have been added to our list at time $session. Thank you | cat > mail
sendmail $emailaddy < mail
echo $session $name $emailaddy | cat >> table
else
#wait and repeat script
echo Dear $name, unfortunately $session is fully booked please select another. Thank you | cat > mail
sendmail $emailaddy < mail
fi
else
#put email back in mail file with cat >> mail file wait and repeat script
cat nextmail >> mbox
fi
fi
[/tt]
Mike
______________________________________________________________________
&quot;Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald.&quot;

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.