How do I send a file as an email attachment using Linux command line?

Question

I\'ve created a script that runs every night on my Linux server that uses mysqldump to back up each of my MySQL databases to .sql files and packages them togeth

Answer 1

Just to add my 2 cents, I'd write my own PHP Script:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

There are lots of ways to do the attachment in the examples on that page.