I am using a module to email file attachments via sendmail. The format for multiple attachments is:

'/dir/of/file/filename1.txt', '/dir/of/file/filename2.txt'

My filepath is static and defined as a variable, $file_path.

The file name is read in from a flatfile, split, and built into arrays. I end up with the following to make my path/file:

$file = "'" . $file_path . $fields[6] . "', ";

I am printing this in the email message, looks like this: '/my/file/path/myfile/txt',

If I copy this out of the email and use it literally in the script my file sends, but if I use the variable $file it doesn't. I can make one file send by losing the ' and , but I can't make multiple files send this way. If I use \$file and print it to email it prints this: 'SCALAR(0x8111390)',

I've tried every combination of ", ' \' you name it... What does all this mean? Please help! Thanks, Cliff

Update: added <code> tags, larsen

In reply to Scalar value?? by Stimpy

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