Sending a pdf document??

[jaaconsult]

I am currently sending text files from AIX using 'sendmail'. They appear at the receiver's PC in the body of their email. Is there any way to have the receiver get the text file as an attachment in 'pdf' format? I have been told that there are no unix pdf converters. Is that true? I am NOT an expert unix programmer; so be very specific in your response with clear examples.

 

[jad]

if you want to send a PDF (or any file for that matter) from the prompt you probably want to look into getting a tool like 'mpack' ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/mpack/

as for creating or working with PDF's there are quite a lot of good tools out there, including GhostScript (written in C):

http://www.ghostscript.com

and iText (written in Java):

http://www.lowagie.com/iText/

 

[aixmurderer]

Mpack is a good solution, but if not possible to install then you should have a look at "uuencode" as an alternative if you have that on the system.

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[DThornton123]

You may also want to review your email clients. In RH5 linux there is one - "email" which allows you to attach files.