SENDFILES (1)
send multiple files via a MIME message
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The shell script sendfiles, is used to send a collection
of files and directories via electronic mail.
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sendfiles mailpath \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
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sendfiles will archive the files and directories you name
with the tar\0(1) command, and then mail the compressed
archive to the `mailpath' with the given `subject'. The archive
will be automatically split up into as many messages as necessary
in order to get past most mailers.
Sometimes you want sendfiles to pause after posting a partial
message. This is usually the case when you are running sendmail
and expect to generate a lot of partial messages. If the first
argument given to sendfiles starts with a dash, then it is
interpreted as the number of seconds to pause in between postings,
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e.g.,
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sendfiles -30 mailpath \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
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will pause 30 seconds in between each posting.
"Extracting the Received Files"
When these messages are received, invoke mhstore once for
the list of messages. The default is for mhstore to store
the combined parts as a new message in the current folder, although
this can be changed using storage formatting strings. You can then
use mhlist to find out what's inside; possibly followed by
mhstore again to write the archive to a file where you can
subsequently uncompress and untar it. For instance:
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% mhlist 5-8
msg part type/subtype size description
5 message/partial 47K part 1 of 4
6 message/partial 47K part 2 of 4
7 message/partial 47K part 3 of 4
8 message/partial 18K part 4 of 4
% mhstore 5-8
reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
% mhlist -verbose 9
msg part type/subtype size description
9 application/octet-stream 118K
(extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -)
type=tar
conversions=compress
% mhstore 9
% uncompress < 9.tar.Z | tar xvpf -
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Alternately, by using the `-auto' switch, mhstore will
automatically do the extraction for you:
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% mhlist 5-8
msg part type/subtype size description
5 message/partial 47K part 1 of 4
6 message/partial 47K part 2 of 4
7 message/partial 47K part 3 of 4
8 message/partial 18K part 4 of 4
% mhstore 5-8
reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
% mhlist -verbose 9
msg part type/subtype size description
9 application/octet-stream 118K
(extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -)
type=tar
conversions=compress
% mhstore -auto 9
-- tar listing appears here as files are extracted
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As the second tar listing is generated, the files are extracted.
A prudent user will never put `-auto' in the .mh\(ruprofile
file. The correct procedure is to first use mhlist to find
out what will be extracted. Then mhstore can be invoked with
`-auto' to perform the extraction.
^$HOME/.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory
^Current-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1)
RFC-934:
Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation,
RFC-2045:
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One:
Format of Internet Message Bodies,
RFC-2046:
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two:
Media Types,
RFC-2047:
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Three:
Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text,
RFC-2048:
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four:
Registration Procedures,
RFC-2049:
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Five:
Conformance Criteria and Examples.
`-noverbose'
None.
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