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## 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 elec‐
       tronic 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.  Alterna‐
       tively, 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 ad‐
       dress).  Alternatively, the **PERSON **environment variable can be used for the same purpose.  If
       neither is used, **sendfiles **will supply a “From:” header field using the sender's local  mail‐
       box, see _localmbox_ in [_mh-format_(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mh-format/5/markdown).

       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  compres‐
       sion.

### 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mhbuild/1/markdown), [_mhlist_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mhlist/1/markdown), [_mhshow_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mhshow/1/markdown), [_mhstore_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mhstore/1/markdown), [_mh-format_(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mh-format/5/markdown)

       _Proposed_ _Standard_ _for_ _Message_ _Encapsulation_ (RFC 934)

## DEFAULTS
       `**-delay 0**'
       `**-from localmbox**'

## CONTEXT
       None

nmh-1.8                                      2012-11-14                               [_SENDFILES_(1mh)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SENDFILES/1mh/markdown)