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 mes sages. 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 news groups. 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 introduc tory 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 environ ment 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 deter mine its type. -o outputfile Write the generated message to the file outputfile. If the mes sage has to be split, the partial messages will instead be writ ten 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 /var/tmp. SPLITSIZE Default value of the -m switch. MPACK(1)