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SENDFILES(1)		    General Commands Manual		  SENDFILES(1)

NAME
       sendfiles - send	multiple files by MIME message with nmh

SYNOPSIS

       sendfiles [-help] [-version] [-compress bzip2 | compress	| gzip | lzma
	    | none]
	    [-from sender]
	    -to	recipient -subject subject | recipient subject
	    file/directory1 [file/directory2 ...]

DESCRIPTION
       The  shell  script  sendfiles is	used to	send a collection of files and
       directories via electronic mail.

       sendfiles will archive the files	and directories	you name with the  tar
       command,	 and  then mail	the compressed archive to the "recipient" with
       the given "subject".

       The -to switch specifies	the recipient.	The -subject switch  specifies
       the  subject.  Alternatively, these two required	values can be provided
       without their corresponding switch names.

       The -from switch	can, and should, be used to specify the	sender's mail-
       box (name and email address).  Alternatively,  the  PERSON  environment
       variable	 can  be used for the same purpose.  If	neither	is used, send-
       files will supply a "From:" header field	using the sender's local mail-
       box, see	localmbox in mh-format(5).

       The -compress command line switch can be	used to	override the  run-time
       determination  of the compression program by sendfiles.	-compress none
       (alternatively, -none) disables compression.

   Extracting the Received Files
       When the	message	is received, invoke mhstore once for the received mes-
       sage.  The default is for mhstore to write the archive to a file	 where
       you can subsequently uncompress and untar it.  For instance:

	    $ 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 -

       Alternately,  by	 using the -auto switch, mhstore will automatically do
       the extraction for you:

	    $ 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

       As the second tar listing is generated, the  files  are	extracted.   A
       prudent user will never put -auto in the	.mh_profile 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.

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile		    The	user profile

PROFILE	COMPONENTS
       Path:		    To determine the user's nmh	directory
       Current-Folder:	    To find the	default	current	folder

SEE ALSO
       mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1), mh-format(5)

       Proposed	Standard for Message Encapsulation (RFC	934)

DEFAULTS
       `-delay 0'
       `-from localmbox'

CONTEXT
       None

nmh-1.8+dev			  2012-11-14			  SENDFILES(1)

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