MPACK(1)                                                 MPACK(1)



NAME
       mpack - pack a file in MIME format

SYNOPSIS
       mpack  [  -a  ] [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m
       maxsize ] [ -c content-type ] file address ...
       mpack [ -a ] [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile  ]  [  -m
       maxsize ] [ -c content-type ] -o outputfile file
       mpack  [  -a  ] [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m
       maxsize ] [ -c content-type ] -n newsgroups file

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.


OPTIONS
       -a     Set  the  Content-Disposition to attachment.  If -a
              is not used the Content-Disposition is inline.

       -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  mes-
              sages,  each not exceeding maxsize characters.  The
              default limit is the value of the  SPLITSIZE  envi-
              ronment  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 gener-
              ated message.

       -c content-type
              Label the included file as being of MIME type  con-
              tent-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 mes-
              sages will instead be written to the files  output-
              file.01, outputfile.02, etc.

       -n newsgroups
              Post  the  generated  message(s) to the comma-sepa-
              rated 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
              /var/tmp.

       SPLITSIZE
              Default value of the -m switch.



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