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.TH SENDFILES %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
sendfiles \- send multiple files via a MIME message
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP
.na
.B sendfiles
.I mailpath
.I subject
.I file1
.RI [ file2
\&...]
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
The shell script
.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.
.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,
e.g.,
.PP
.RS 5
sendfiles -30 mailpath \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
.RE
.PP
will pause 30 seconds in between each posting.
.PP
.SS "Extracting the Received Files"
When these messages are received, invoke
.B mhstore
once for
the list of messages.  The default is for
.B mhstore
to store
the combined parts as a new message in the current folder, although
this can be changed using storage formatting strings.  You can then
use
.B mhlist
to find out what's inside; possibly followed by
.B mhstore
again to write the archive to a file where you can
subsequently uncompress and untar it.  For instance:
.PP
.RS 5
.nf
% mhlist 5-8
 msg part  type/subtype             size description
   5       message/partial           47K part 1 of 4
   6       message/partial           47K part 2 of 4
   7       message/partial           47K part 3 of 4
   8       message/partial           18K part 4 of 4
% mhstore 5-8
reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
% 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 -
.fi
.RE
.PP
Alternately, by using the
.B \-auto
switch,
.B mhstore
will automatically do the extraction for you:
.PP
.RS 5
.nf
% mhlist 5-8
 msg part  type/subtype             size description
   5       message/partial           47K part 1 of 4
   6       message/partial           47K part 2 of 4
   7       message/partial           47K part 3 of 4
   8       message/partial           18K part 4 of 4
% mhstore 5-8
reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
% 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
.fi
.RE
.PP
As the second
.B tar
listing is generated, the files are extracted.
A prudent user will never put
.B \-auto
in the profile.
The correct procedure is to first use
.B mhlist
to find out what will be extracted.  Then
.B mhstore
can be invoked with
.B \-auto
to perform the extraction.

.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
^$HOME/.mmh/profile~^The user profile
.fi

.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta 2.4i
.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
^Path:~^To determine the user's mail storage
^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
.fi

.SH "SEE ALSO"
mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1).
.I "Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation"
(RFC\-934)

.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
.RB ` \-noverbose '
.fi

.SH CONTEXT
None