handy script for emailing files to yourself from places where other means of transfer are unavailable.

email_to_me.rb

require 'mail'
require 'iconv'

file, subj, email = *ARGV

raise "usage: #{File.basename(__FILE__)} <file> <subject> <email>" unless email

file_content = IO.read(file)

ic = Iconv.new('UTF-8//IGNORE', 'UTF-8')
file_content = ic.iconv(file_content << ' ')[0..-2]

Mail.new{
  from "helpfulguy@fakeemails.com"
  subject subj
  to email
  body "attached..."
  add_file :filename => File.basename(file), :content => file_content
}.deliver!