From e65f95daf358a37f16803c1e0525aac9c021d0b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mikeh <mikeh@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 02:40:07 +0000
Subject: Add the -E flag to not send messages that have an empty body. This is
 useful for piping cron script error output by mail.

PR:		bin/9494
Obtained from:	NetBSD
MFC after:	2 weeks
---
 usr.bin/mail/mail.1 |  9 ++++++---
 usr.bin/mail/main.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
 usr.bin/mail/send.c |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

(limited to 'usr.bin/mail')

diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index ed67cc3..ddbf34a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 .Nd send and receive mail
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl iInv
+.Op Fl EiInv
 .Op Fl s Ar subject
 .Op Fl c Ar cc-addr
 .Op Fl b Ar bcc-addr
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
 .Ar sendmail-option ...
 .Oc
 .Nm
-.Op Fl iInNv
+.Op Fl EiInNv
 .Fl f
 .Op Ar name
 .Nm
-.Op Fl iInNv
+.Op Fl EiInNv
 .Op Fl u Ar user
 .Sh INTRODUCTION
 .Nm Mail
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ with lines replaced by messages.
 Verbose mode.
 The details of
 delivery are displayed on the user's terminal.
+.It Fl E
+Don't send messages with an empty body. This is useful
+for piping errors from cron scripts.
 .It Fl i
 Ignore tty interrupt signals.
 This is
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/main.c b/usr.bin/mail/main.c
index 7c03e17..3707903 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/main.c
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/main.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	bcc = NULL;
 	smopts = NULL;
 	subject = NULL;
-	while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "INT:b:c:dfins:u:v")) != -1) {
+	while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "EINT:b:c:dfins:u:v")) != -1) {
 		switch (i) {
 		case 'T':
 			/*
@@ -181,13 +181,19 @@ main(argc, argv)
 			 */
 			bcc = cat(bcc, nalloc(optarg, GBCC));
 			break;
+		case 'E':
+			/*
+			 * Don't send empty files.
+			 */
+			assign("dontsendempty", "");
+			break;
 		case '?':
 			fprintf(stderr, "\
-Usage: %s [-iInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr] [-b bcc-addr] to-addr ...\n\
+Usage: %s [-EiInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr] [-b bcc-addr] to-addr ...\n\
        %*s [- sendmail-options ...]\n\
-       %s [-iInNv] -f [name]\n\
-       %s [-iInNv] [-u user]\n",__progname, strlen(__progname), "", __progname,
-				__progname);
+       %s [-EiInNv] -f [name]\n\
+       %s [-EiInNv] [-u user]\n",__progname, strlen(__progname), "",
+			    __progname, __progname);
 			exit(1);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/send.c b/usr.bin/mail/send.c
index 0e6886c..42dd65e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/send.c
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/send.c
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ mail1(hp, printheaders)
 		}
 	}
 	if (fsize(mtf) == 0) {
+		if (value("dontsendempty") != NULL)
+			goto out;
 		if (hp->h_subject == NULL)
 			printf("No message, no subject; hope that's ok\n");
 		else
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