Email Multiple Files from Same Directory

cocl04 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

All, Does anyone have an example of how to email multiple attachments / files from the same directory to a specified email address. My perl script creates some excel documents in a folder like so...

c:\test_folder\s01.xls

c:\test_folder\s02.xls

c:\test_folder\s03.xls

c:\test_folder\s04.xls

And I would like to send them in one email. Below is the module / code I normally use:

my $sender = new Mail::Sender
{
    smtp => 'email.server',
    from => 'me@test.com
};

$sender->MailFile(
{
    to => 'test@test.com',
    cc => 'test@test.com',
    subject => Test Report',
    msg     => "All,
The body of the email.

Thanks,

cocl04
\n",
    file    => 's01.xls',
});

$sender->Close;
[download]

Is there a way to maybe save the files in an array or hash? What is the best approach? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, cocl04

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Re: Email Multiple Files from Same Directory by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 20, 2009 at 14:47 UTC
Looking in the Mail::Sender documentation, I see for the MailFile entry: The file parameter may be a "filename", a "list, of, file, names" or a `\@list_of_file_names`. I wonder what problem you encountered with that or how you would phrase it differently to make it more clear how to pass multiple files to the subroutine.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Email Multiple Files from Same Directory by BioLion (Curate) on Jul 20, 2009 at 15:18 UTC
Failing that, OP could always Tar the files together and just mail that. Might also help if the files are large/numerous? Just a something something...	[reply]
Re^2: Email Multiple Files from Same Directory by cocl04 (Sexton) on Jul 20, 2009 at 19:09 UTC
I can't figure out the syntax for the \@list_of_file_names. I have tried multiple ways. I have tried it with commas and without. I have tried with full directory and with just the file name. Any ideas?	[reply]
Re^3: Email Multiple Files from Same Directory by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 20, 2009 at 19:34 UTC
`my @list_of_file_names = ('file1.txt','another_file.doc','/and/this/fi +le.pdf'); $sender->MailFile( { ... file => \@list_of_file_names, }` [download] or, alternatively `... $sender->MailFile({ ... file => ['file1.txt','another_file.doc','/and/this/file.pdf'], })` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Email Multiple Files from Same Directory by cocl04 (Sexton) on Jul 20, 2009 at 21:12 UTC