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.
OPTIONS
-s subject
Set the
Subject
header field to
Subject.
By default,
mpack
will prompt for the contents of the subject header.
-d descriptionfile
Include the contents of the file
descriptionfile
in an introductory section at the beginning of the first
generated message.
-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 variable, 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.
-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.
-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,
outputfile.02,
etc.
-n newsgroups
Post the generated message(s) to the comma-separated netnews
newsgroups.
file
Encode the named
file.
address ...
Mail the generated messages to the specified addresses.
ENVIRONMENT
TMPDIR
Directory to store temporary files. Default is /tmp.
