X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/bc0987627f1c80fddba89a32fbbd230f9a8fbe4d..062e39670628eff46e197006ec3db9a6ac015f57:/man/sendfiles.man diff --git a/man/sendfiles.man b/man/sendfiles.man index 8b98f9eb..3d2e2724 100644 --- a/man/sendfiles.man +++ b/man/sendfiles.man @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ sendfiles \- send multiple files by MIME message with nmh .br .RB [ \-from .IR sender ] -.RI [ "\-delay n" " | " \-n ] .br .B \-to .I recipient @@ -40,9 +39,6 @@ with the .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 @@ -76,59 +72,25 @@ of the compression program by .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 @@ -140,21 +102,13 @@ will automatically do the extraction for you: .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