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

nmh-1.8                                            2012-11-14                                     SENDFILES(1mh)