NAME

       sendfiles - send multiple files via a MIME message

SYNOPSIS

       sendfiles [delay] mailpath subject file1 [file2 ...]

DESCRIPTION

       The shell script sendfiles, is used to send a collection of files and directories via electronic mail.

            sendfiles mailpath “subject” files ...

       sendfiles  will  archive  the  files  and  directories  you  name with the tar command, and then mail the
       compressed archive to the “mailpath” with the given “subject”.  The archive will be  automatically  split
       up into as many messages as necessary in order to get past most mailers.

       Sometimes you want sendfiles to pause after posting a partial message.  This is usually the case when you
       are  running  sendmail  and expect to generate a lot of partial messages.  If the first argument given to
       sendfiles starts with a dash, then it is interpreted as  the  number  of  seconds  to  pause  in  between
       postings, e.g.,

            sendfiles -30 mailpath “subject” files ...

       will pause 30 seconds in between each posting.

   Extracting the Received Files
       When  these  messages  are  received,  invoke  mhstore once for the list of messages.  The default is for
       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 mhlist to find out what's inside; possibly followed
       by mhstore again to write the archive to a file where you can subsequently uncompress and untar it.   For
       instance:

            % 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 -

       Alternately, by using the -auto switch, mhstore will automatically do the extraction for you:

            % 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

       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).  Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation (RFC-934)

DEFAULTS

       `-noverbose'

CONTEXT

       None

MH.6.8                                            11 June 2012                                    SENDFILES(1mh)