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MPACK(1)                               General Commands Manual                              MPACK(1)

NAME
       mpack - pack a file in MIME format

SYNOPSIS
       mpack  [  -a  ] [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [ -c content-type ] file
       address ...
       mpack [ -a ] [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [ -c content-type ] -o out‐
       putfile file
       mpack [ -a ] [ -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
       -a     Set  the Content-Disposition to attachment.  If -a is not used the Content-Disposition
              is inline.

       -s subject
              Set the Subject header field to Subject.  By default, mpack will prompt for  the  con‐
              tents of the subject header.

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

       -m maxsize
              Split  the  message  (if  necessary) into partial messages, each not exceeding maxsize
              characters.  The default limit is the value of the SPLITSIZE environment variable,  or
              no  limit if the environment variable 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,  output‐
              file.02, etc.

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

       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.

REPORTING BUGS
       Send all bug reports to mpack-bugs AT andrew.edu.

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