Need help emailing a file using Linux?

O.k. so i just started a C programming class and our teacher wants us to use Linux and the system emacs to write the program. I have written the program in emacs and saved it. I have loged into my school's linux account using linux. I created a directory I have compiled my program as well as run it. He wanted us to create a gzipped tar archive of the assignment and I did so using the following command:


$ tar cbfz lastname-hw0.tar.gz lastname-hw0/





Now all he says in the instructions is email me this file... my question is. How do I email his this file!

Need help emailing a file using Linux?
Lots of ways! You could use a command-line mail client like Mutt or Pine - sortof like an ordinary graphical mail client. Or you could use "mail" utility, something like:





mail user@host.tld





which will then prompt you for cc, subject, then put you into the message pane. There you put:


~r lastname-hw0.tar.gz


which will insert the file, then a '.' alone on a line will send it. That's pretty complex. Probably the easiest way is to scp or sftp it to your desktop and mail it as you might usually.





Good luck!