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MPACK

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NAME

mpack - pack a file in MIME format

SYNOPSIS

mpack[-ssubject][-ddescriptionfile][-mmaxsize][-ccontent-type]fileaddress ...
mpack[-ssubject][-ddescriptionfile][-mmaxsize][-ccontent-type]-ooutputfilefile
mpack[-ssubject][-ddescriptionfile][-mmaxsize][-ccontent-type]-nnewsgroupsfile

DESCRIPTION

The mpackprogram 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 ofnewsgroups.

OPTIONS

-s subject: Set the Subjectheader field toSubject.By default,mpackwill prompt for the contents of the subject header.
-d descriptionfile: Include the contents of the filedescriptionfilein an introductory section at the beginning of the firstgenerated message.
-m maxsize: Split the message (if necessary) into partial messages, each notexceedingmaxsizecharacters. The default limit is the value of the SPLITSIZEenvironment variable, or no limit if the environment variabledoes not exist.Specifying a maxsizeof 0 means there is no limit to the size of the generated message.
-c content-type: Label the included file as being of MIME typecontent-type,which must be a subtype of application,audio,image,or video.If this switch is not given,mpackexamines the file to determine its type.
-o outputfile: Write the generated message to the fileoutputfile.If the message has to be split, the partial messages will instead bewritten to the filesoutputfile.01,outputfile.02,etc.
-n newsgroups: Post the generated message(s) to the comma-separated netnewsnewsgroups.
file: Encode the namedfile.
address ...: Mail the generated messages to the specified addresses.

ENVIRONMENT

TMPDIR: Directory to store temporary files. Default is /usr/tmp.
SPLITSIZE: Default value of the -m switch.

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