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1 perry 1 MPACK
2 !!!MPACK
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 ENVIRONMENT
8 ----
9 !!NAME
10
11
12 mpack - pack a file in MIME format
13 !!SYNOPSIS
14
15
16 __mpack__ [[ __-s__ ''subject'' ] [[ __-d__
17 ''descriptionfile'' ] [[ __-m__ ''maxsize'' ] [[
18 __-c__ ''content-type'' ] ''file address
19 ...''__
20 mpack__ [[ __-s__ ''subject'' ] [[ __-d__
21 ''descriptionfile'' ] [[ __-m__ ''maxsize'' ] [[
22 __-c__ ''content-type'' ] __-o__ ''outputfile
23 file''__
24 mpack__ [[ __-s__ ''subject'' ] [[ __-d__
25 ''descriptionfile'' ] [[ __-m__ ''maxsize'' ] [[
26 __-c__ ''content-type'' ] __-n__ ''newsgroups
27 file''
28 !!DESCRIPTION
29
30
31 The ''mpack'' program encodes the the named file in one
32 or more MIME messages. The resulting messages are mailed to
33 one or more recipients, written to a named file or set of
34 files, or posted to a set of newsgroups.
35 !!OPTIONS
36
37
38 __-s__ ''subject''
39
40
41 Set the __Subject__ header field to ''Subject''. By
42 default, __mpack__ will prompt for the contents of the
43 subject header.
44
45
46 __-d__ ''descriptionfile''
47
48
49 Include the contents of the file ''descriptionfile'' in
50 an introductory section at the beginning of the first
51 generated message.
52
53
54 __-m__ ''maxsize''
55
56
57 Split the message (if necessary) into partial messages, each
58 not exceeding ''maxsize'' characters. The default limit
59 is the value of the __SPLITSIZE__ environment variable,
60 or no limit if the environment variable does not exist.
61 Specifying a ''maxsize'' of 0 means there is no limit to
62 the size of the generated message.
63
64
65 __-c__ ''content-type''
66
67
68 Label the included file as being of MIME type
69 ''content-type'', which must be a subtype of
70 __application__, __audio__, __image__, or
71 __video__. If this switch is not given, __mpack__
72 examines the file to determine its type.
73
74
75 __-o__ ''outputfile''
76
77
78 Write the generated message to the file ''outputfile''.
79 If the message has to be split, the partial messages will
80 instead be written to the files ''outputfile''.01,
81 ''outputfile''.02, etc.
82
83
84 __-n__ ''newsgroups''
85
86
87 Post the generated message(s) to the comma-separated netnews
88 ''newsgroups''.
89
90
91 ''file''
92
93
94 Encode the named ''file''.
95
96
97 ''address ...''
98
99
100 Mail the generated messages to the specified
101 addresses.
102 !!ENVIRONMENT
103
104
105 __TMPDIR__
106
107
108 Directory to store temporary files. Default is
109 /var/tmp.
110
111
112 __SPLITSIZE__
113
114
115 Default value of the -m switch.
116 ----
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