X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsendfiles.man;h=4b39245845d3da6c19f240f69707f3734f20506a;hb=f8baa5a34335fc0fc8ccabfabc601d0af73ab769;hp=eb1cbfbd7cbafbf44e08ed04c6767c0d75f5ed24;hpb=c59d387888272695ccf163a8057275dbdc77afd0;p=mmh diff --git a/man/sendfiles.man b/man/sendfiles.man index eb1cbfb..4b39245 100644 --- a/man/sendfiles.man +++ b/man/sendfiles.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SENDFILES %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] +.TH SENDFILES %manext1% "October 16, 2012" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" @@ -8,16 +8,22 @@ sendfiles \- send multiple files via a MIME message .HP 5 .na .B sendfiles -.RB [ \-bzip2 " | " \-compress " | " \-gzip " | " \-lzma " | " \-none " | " -zip ] +.RB [ -compress +.IR bzip2 " | " compress " | " gzip " | " lzma " | " none " | " zip ] .br .RB [ \-from .IR sender ] -.RI [ \-delay ] +.RI [ "\-delay n" " | " \-n ] .RB [ \-version ] .RB [ \-help ] .br +.B \-to +.I recipient +.B \-subject +.IR subject " | " .I recipient .I subject +.br .I file/directory1 .RI [ file/directory2 \&...] @@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ is used to send a collection of files and directories via electronic mail. .PP .RS 5 -sendfiles recipient \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0... +sendfiles -to recipient -subject \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0... .RE .PP .B sendfiles @@ -43,6 +49,13 @@ will be automatically split up into as many messages as necessary in order to get past most mailers. .PP The +.B \-to +switch specifies the recipient. The +.B \-subject +switch specifies the subject. Alternatively, these two required values +can be provided without their corresponding switch names. +.PP +The .B \-from switch can, and should, be used to specify the sender's mailbox (name and email address). Alternatively, the @@ -54,30 +67,37 @@ will supply a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header field using the sender's local mailbox, see .I localmbox in -.BR mh-format (5). +.IR mh-format (5). .PP -The remaining command line switches select the compression program. -One of these can be used to override the run-time determination of -the compression program by +The +.B \-compress +command line switch can be used to override the run-time determination +of the compression program by .BR sendfiles . +.B \-compress +.I none +(alternatively, +.BR \-none ) +disables compression. .PP Sometimes you want .B sendfiles to pause after posting a partial message. This is usually the case when you are running .B sendmail -and expect to generate a lot of partial messages. If the first -argument given to -.B sendfiles -starts with a dash, then it is -interpreted as the number of seconds to pause in between postings, +and expect to generate a lot of partial messages. The +.B \-delay +switch specifies the number of seconds to pause in between postings, e.g., .PP .RS 5 -sendfiles -30 recipient \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0... +sendfiles -delay 30 -to recipient -subject \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0... .RE .PP -will pause 30 seconds in between each posting. +will pause 30 seconds in between each posting. An alternate form of +the switch with just the delay time, +.BR \-30 , +for example, is also supported. .PP .SS "Extracting the Received Files" When these messages are received, invoke