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MPACK(1)		     General Commands Manual			MPACK(1)

NAME
     mpack - pack a file in MIME format

SYNOPSIS
     mpack  [  -s  subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [ -c content-
     type ] file address ...
     mpack [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ]  [  -c	content-
     type ] -o outputfile file
     mpack  [  -s  subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [ -c content-
     type ] -n newsgroups file

DESCRIPTION
     The mpack program encodes the the named file in one or more MIME  messages.
     The  resulting  messages are mailed to one or more recipients, written to a
     named file or set of files, or posted to a set of newsgroups.

OPTIONS
     -s subject
	    Set the Subject header field to Subject.   By  default,  mpack  will
	    prompt for the contents of the subject header.

     -d descriptionfile
	    Include  the contents of the file descriptionfile in an introductory
	    section at the beginning of the first generated message.

     -m maxsize
	    Split the message (if necessary) into partial messages, each not ex-
	    ceeding maxsize characters.  The default limit is the value  of  the
	    SPLITSIZE environment variable, or no limit if the environment vari-
	    able  does	not  exist.  Specifying a maxsize of 0 means there is no
	    limit to the size of the generated message.

     -c content-type
	    Label the included file as being of MIME  type  content-type,  which
	    must  be  a subtype of application, audio, image, or video.  If this
	    switch is not given, mpack examines the file to determine its type.

     -o outputfile
	    Write the generated message to the file outputfile.  If the  message
	    has to be split, the partial messages will instead be written to the
	    files outputfile.01, outputfile.02, etc.

     -n newsgroups
	    Post  the  generated message(s) to the comma-separated netnews news-
	    groups.

     file   Encode the named file.

     address ...
	    Mail the generated messages to the specified addresses.

ENVIRONMENT
     TMPDIR
	    Directory to store temporary files.  Default is /tmp.

     SPLITSIZE
	    Default value of the -m switch.

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