1SENDFILES(1) [nmh-1.3] SENDFILES(1)
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6 sendfiles - send multiple files via a MIME message
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9 sendfiles [delay] mailpath subject file1 [file2 ...]
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12 The shell script sendfiles, is used to send a collection of files and
13 directories via electronic mail.
14 sendfiles mailpath “subject” files ...
16 sendfiles will archive the files and directories you name with the tar
18 command, and then mail the compressed archive to the “mailpath” with
19 the given “subject”. The archive will be automatically split up into
20 as many messages as necessary in order to get past most mailers.
21 Sometimes you want sendfiles to pause after posting a partial message.
23 This is usually the case when you are running sendmail and expect to
24 generate a lot of partial messages. If the first argument given to
25 sendfiles starts with a dash, then it is interpreted as the number of
26 seconds to pause in between postings, e.g.,
27 sendfiles -30 mailpath “subject” files ...
29 will pause 30 seconds in between each posting.
31 Extracting the Received Files
33 When these messages are received, invoke mhstore once for the list of
34 messages. The default is for mhstore to store the combined parts as a
35 new message in the current folder, although this can be changed using
36 storage formatting strings. You can then use mhlist to find out what's
37 inside; possibly followed by mhstore again to write the archive to a
38 file where you can subsequently uncompress and untar it. For instance:
39 % mhlist 5-8
41 msg part type/subtype size description
42 5 message/partial 47K part 1 of 4
43 6 message/partial 47K part 2 of 4
44 7 message/partial 47K part 3 of 4
45 8 message/partial 18K part 4 of 4
46 % mhstore 5-8
47 reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
48 % mhlist -verbose 9
49 msg part type/subtype size description
50 9 application/octet-stream 118K
51 (extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -)
52 type=tar
53 conversions=compress
54 % mhstore 9
55 % uncompress < 9.tar.Z | tar xvpf -
56 Alternately, by using the -auto switch, mhstore will automatically do
58 the extraction for you:
59 % mhlist 5-8
61 msg part type/subtype size description
62 5 message/partial 47K part 1 of 4
63 6 message/partial 47K part 2 of 4
64 7 message/partial 47K part 3 of 4
65 8 message/partial 18K part 4 of 4
66 % mhstore 5-8
67 reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
68 % mhlist -verbose 9
69 msg part type/subtype size description
70 9 application/octet-stream 118K
71 (extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -)
72 type=tar
73 conversions=compress
74 % mhstore -auto 9
75 -- tar listing appears here as files are extracted
76 As the second tar listing is generated, the files are extracted. A
78 prudent user will never put -auto in the .mh_profile file. The correct
79 procedure is to first use mhlist to find out what will be extracted.
80 Then mhstore can be invoked with -auto to perform the extraction.
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84 $HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
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88 Path: To determine the user's nmh directory
89 Current-Folder: To find the default current folder
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93 mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1). Proposed Standard for
94 Message Encapsulation (RFC-934)
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98 `-noverbose'
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103MH.6.8 1 June 2008 SENDFILES(1)