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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 direc-
     tories via electronic mail.

     sendfiles will archive the files and directories you name with the tar com-
     mand,  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  mailbox
     (name  and  email address).  Alternatively, the PERSON environment variable
     can be used for the same purpose.	If neither is used, sendfiles will  sup-
     ply  a "From:" header field using the sender's local mailbox, see localmbox
     in mh-format(5).

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

   Extracting the Received Files
     When the message is received, invoke mhstore once for the received message.
     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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