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SENDFILES(1mh)                                                                        SENDFILES(1mh)

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).

       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), 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                                      2012-11-14                               SENDFILES(1mh)