.br
.RB [ \-from
.IR sender ]
-.RI [ "\-delay n" " | " \-n ]
.br
.B \-to
.I recipient
.B tar
command, and then mail the compressed
archive to the \*(lqrecipient\*(rq with the given \*(lqsubject\*(rq.
-The archive
-will be automatically split up into as many messages as necessary
-in order to get past most mailers.
.PP
The
.B \-to
.BR \-none )
disables compression.
.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. The
-.B \-delay
-switch specifies the number of seconds to pause in between postings,
-e.g.,
-.PP
-.RS 5
-sendfiles -delay 30 -to recipient -subject \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0...
-.RE
-.PP
-will pause 30 seconds in between each posting. An alternate form of
-the switch with just the delay time,
-.BR \-30 ,
-for example, is also supported.
-.PP
.SS "Extracting the Received Files"
-When these messages are received, invoke
+When the message is 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
+the received message. The default is for
.B mhstore
-again to write the archive to a file where you can
+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
+$ 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 -
+$ mhstore 9
+$ uncompress < 9.tar.Z | tar xvpf -
.fi
.RE
.PP
.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
+$ 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
+$ mhstore -auto 9
-- tar listing appears here as files are extracted
.fi
.RE