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in reply to Re^4: Trouble emailing zip file
in thread Trouble emailing zip file

Use double quotes not single quotes here

$emailcmd = "/usr/bin/mailx uuencode $zipfile $zipfile -r -s";

Also the quotes can be removed here

my @args = ($emailcmd, $subject, $recipient); poj

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Re^6: Trouble emailing zip file
by TonyNY (Beadle) on Jul 04, 2018 at 22:32 UTC

    still getting the same error and I have confirmed that the zip file does exist.

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      still getting the same error ...

      If by "... the same error ..." you mean
          Can't exec "/usr/bin/mailx uuencode $zipfile $zipfile -r -s": No such file or directory at ...
      then you haven't read and/or understood poj's reply.

      Use double-quotes to interpolate the  $zipfile string into the  $emailcmd string: 

      c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $home = $ENV{'HOME'};
 print qq{>$home<};
 ;;
 my $zipfile = qq{$home/file.zip};
 print qq{>>$zipfile<<};
 ;;
 my $emailcmd = qq{/usr/bin/mailx uuencode $zipfile $zipfile -r -s};
 print qq{>>>$emailcmd<<<};
"
>IsWhereTheHeartIs<
>>IsWhereTheHeartIs/file.zip<<
>>>/usr/bin/mailx uuencode IsWhereTheHeartIs/file.zip IsWhereTheHeartI
+s/file.zip -r -s<<<

      [download]
      Maybe see discussion of  qq// et al and interpolation in perlop. (Basic problem is with string interpolation and not with existence of a file.)

      Give a man a fish:  <%-{-{-{-<

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