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Date:      Sat, 6 Oct 2001 22:27:02 +0200
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@tanya.raggedclown.intra>
To:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: script question
Message-ID:  <20011006222702.B1611@tanya.raggedclown.intra>
In-Reply-To: <3BBF1F7D.3218276B@home.com>; from cyu0635@home.com on Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 11:13:02AM -0400
References:  <3BBF1F7D.3218276B@home.com>

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On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 11:13:02AM -0400, cyu0635@home.com wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I use the following script to mail to log file
> but sometimes I got the workings 'Null message, hope that ok' after
> running the script
> 
> Why?
> and what is wrong?
> 
It's what mail says when..errm the message is "null", or in
plain-speak, has no content, is empty, devoid of text, 
a non-message, existentially phatic.
:)

as in...

mail -s "Hello sailor" </dev/null baggins
Null message body; hope that's ok

-- 
Regards
Cliff



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