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