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- MPACK(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual MPACK(1)
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- NAME
- mpack - pack a file in MIME format
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- SYNOPSIS
- mpack [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [
- -c content-type ] file address ...
- mpack [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [
- -c content-type ] -o outputfile file
- mpack [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [
- -c content-type ] -n newsgroups file
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- DESCRIPTION
- The mpack program encodes the the named file in one or more
- MIME messages. The resulting messages are mailed to one or
- more recipients, written to a named file or set of files, or
- posted to a set of newsgroups.
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- OPTIONS
- -s subject
- Set the Subject header field to Subject. By default,
- mpack will prompt for the contents of the subject
- header.
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- -d descriptionfile
- Include the contents of the file descriptionfile in an
- introductory section at the beginning of the first gen-
- erated message.
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- -m maxsize
- Split the message (if necessary) into partial messages,
- each not exceeding maxsize characters. The default
- limit is the value of the SPLITSIZE environment vari-
- able, or no limit if the environment variable does not
- exist. Specifying a maxsize of 0 means there is no
- limit to the size of the generated message.
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- -c content-type
- Label the included file as being of MIME type content-
- type, which must be a subtype of application, audio,
- image, or video. If this switch is not given, mpack
- examines the file to determine its type.
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- -o outputfile
- Write the generated message to the file outputfile. If
- the message has to be split, the partial messages will
- instead be written to the files outputfile.01, output-
- file.02, etc.
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- -n newsgroups
- Post the generated message(s) to the comma-separated
- netnews newsgroups.
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- file Encode the named file.
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- address ...
- Mail the generated messages to the specified addresses.
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- ENVIRONMENT
- TMPDIR
- Directory to store temporary files. Default is /usr/tmp.
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- SPLITSIZE
- Default value of the -m switch.
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