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
       electronic 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.
       Alternatively, 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
       address).  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 mailbox, 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
       compression.

   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