In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Micah James Cooper) writes: > Chris Carman ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >> This just results in a filename like 4-NOV-199615-04-56.41, which is as close >> to unique as I can get. Anyway, it didn't work out; I'm having prolems >> getting a script to send a mail message right now. > > Say, is there a command equiv to > mail << "text"? Not exactly. At the $ prompt, you could do something like the following, though: $ PIPE TYPE filename.ext | MAIL SYS$INPUT "[log in to unmask]" Or, a more efficient approach would be: $ MAIL filename.ext "[log in to unmask]" -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask]