From: David Levine <levinedl@acm.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:23:43 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Updated sendfiles(1) man page to reflect upcoming code update.
X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bc98f50649fe2a742d2872e1d0f7cdc4b2951644;p=mmh

Updated sendfiles(1) man page to reflect upcoming code update.
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diff --git a/man/mhmail.man b/man/mhmail.man
index 1546d9e..6cf4f71 100644
--- a/man/mhmail.man
+++ b/man/mhmail.man
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ dist(1), inc(1), mh-format(5), post(8), send(1)
 
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
-.RB ` \-from "' defaults to sender's local mailbox (localmbox)"
+.RB ` "\-from localmbox" '
 .RB ` \-profile "' is enabled by default only with " \-attach
 .RB ` \-send '
 .fi
diff --git a/man/sendfiles.man b/man/sendfiles.man
index 94f193e..7aeb901 100644
--- a/man/sendfiles.man
+++ b/man/sendfiles.man
@@ -8,11 +8,18 @@ sendfiles \- send multiple files via a MIME message
 .HP 5
 .na
 .B sendfiles
-.RB [ delay ]
-.I mailpath
+.RB [ \-bzip2 " | " \-compress " | " \-gzip " | " \-lzma " | " \-none " | " -zip ]
+.br
+.RB [ \-from
+.IR sender ]
+.RI [ \-delay ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.br
+.I recipient
 .I subject
-.I file1
-.RI [ file2
+.I file/directory1
+.RI [ file/directory2
 \&...]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,7 +29,7 @@ is used to send a collection
 of files and directories via electronic mail.
 .PP
 .RS 5
-sendfiles mailpath \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
+sendfiles recipient \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
 .RE
 .PP
 .B sendfiles
@@ -30,11 +37,30 @@ 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 \-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
+.BR 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
+.BR sendfiles .
+.PP
 Sometimes you want
 .B sendfiles
 to pause after posting a partial
@@ -48,7 +74,7 @@ interpreted as the number of seconds to pause in between postings,
 e.g.,
 .PP
 .RS 5
-sendfiles -30 mailpath \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
+sendfiles -30 recipient \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
 .RE
 .PP
 will pause 30 seconds in between each posting.
@@ -149,13 +175,14 @@ to perform the extraction.
 .fi
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1). 
+mhbuild(1), mh-format(5), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1)
 .I "Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation"
 (RFC\-934)
 
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
-.RB ` \-noverbose '
+.RB ` "\-delay\ 0" '
+.RB ` "\-from localmbox" '
 .fi
 
 .SH CONTEXT