#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# $Id$
# Author: Gerwin Klein, TU Muenchen
# License: GPL (GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)
#
# DESCRIPTION: send email platform independently.
PRG="$(basename "$0")"
function usage()
{
echo
echo "Usage: $PRG subject recipient body"
echo
echo " Send email platform independently. Body is a file."
echo
exit 1
}
function fail()
{
echo "$1" >&2
exit 2
}
## main
# argument checking
[ "$1" = "-?" ] && usage
[ "$#" != "3" ] && usage
SUBJECT="$1"
TO="$2"
BODY="$3"
[ -r "$BODY" ] || fail "could not read $BODY"
case `uname` in
linux*|Linux*)
mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$TO" < "$BODY"
;;
SunOS*)
mail -t "$TO" <<EOF
Subject: $SUBJECT
`cat $BODY`
EOF
;;
*)
fail "unkown platform"
;;
esac