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MPACK(1)               DragonFly General Commands Manual              MPACK(1)

NAME
       mpack - pack a file in MIME format

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

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
       -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.

       SPLITSIZE
              Default value of the -m switch.

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