X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsendfiles.man;h=d63234ea22dac14c30337ff8f6ec1034376c02d4;hb=0c4fc7444c0c5bab8b65bebbd4d939c34220d8dc;hp=442c7f6851a2d9864faf7b9c94feddcb7f77e95e;hpb=d261673d3ca54ac161c9019e52693e2fe4dcb3cc;p=mmh diff --git a/man/sendfiles.man b/man/sendfiles.man index 442c7f6..d63234e 100644 --- a/man/sendfiles.man +++ b/man/sendfiles.man @@ -1,58 +1,99 @@ +.TH SENDFILES %manext1% "October 21, 2012" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% -.\" $Id$ .\" -.TH SENDFILES %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] .SH NAME sendfiles \- send multiple files via a MIME message .SH SYNOPSIS -.HP +.HP 5 .na .B sendfiles -.RB [ delay ] -.I mailpath +.RB [ -compress +.IR bzip2 " | " compress " | " gzip " | " lzma " | " none ] +.br +.RB [ \-from +.IR sender ] +.RI [ "\-delay n" " | " \-n ] +.RB [ \-version ] +.RB [ \-help ] +.br +.B \-to +.I recipient +.B \-subject +.IR subject " | " +.I recipient .I subject -.I file1 -.RI [ file2 +.br +.I file/directory1 +.RI [ file/directory2 \&...] .ad .SH DESCRIPTION The shell script -.BR sendfiles , +.BR sendfiles is used to send a collection of files and directories via electronic mail. .PP -.RS 5 -sendfiles mailpath \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0... -.RE -.PP .B sendfiles will archive the files and directories you name with the .B tar command, and then mail the compressed -archive to the \*(lqmailpath\*(rq with the given \*(lqsubject\*(rq. +archive to the \*(lqrecipient\*(rq with the given \*(lqsubject\*(rq. The archive 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 +.B PERSON +environment variable can be used for the same purpose. +If neither is used, +.B sendfiles +will supply a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header field using the sender's local +mailbox, see +.I localmbox +in +.IR mh-format (5). +.PP +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 mailpath \*(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 @@ -132,14 +173,12 @@ to find out what will be extracted. Then can be invoked with .B \-auto to perform the extraction. - .SH FILES .fc ^ ~ .nf .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile .fi - .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS" .fc ^ ~ .nf @@ -148,16 +187,19 @@ to perform the extraction. ^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder .fi - .SH "SEE ALSO" -mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1). +.IR mhbuild (1), +.IR mhlist (1), +.IR mhshow (1), +.IR mhstore (1), +.IR mh-format (5) +.PP .I "Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation" (RFC\-934) - .SH DEFAULTS .nf -.RB ` \-noverbose ' +.RB ` "\-delay\ 0" ' +.RB ` "\-from localmbox" ' .fi - .SH CONTEXT None