/usr/bin/mh/sendfiles is in nmh 1.5-release-5.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
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#
# Send multiples files and/or directories as a tar/compressed
# image, in a MIME message.
#
DELAY=0
FROM=
# compression method (none, gzip or compress)
METHOD=none
# compression filter
COMPRESS=cat
# uncompression filter
UNCOMPRESS=cat
# compression description to append to content-type
CONVERSION=
# default compression method based on installed software
# prefer compress over gzip for backward compatibility
if command -v compress >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
METHOD=compress
elif command -v gzip >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
METHOD=gzip
fi
# handle command-line options to override compression method and delay
while [ $# -gt 3 ]; do
case "$1" in
-gzip) METHOD=gzip
shift
;;
-compress) METHOD=compress
shift
;;
-none) METHOD=none
shift
;;
-*) DELAY="`echo $1 | sed -e 's%-%%'`"
shift
;;
*) break
;;
esac
done
# set variables based on chosen compression method
if [ $METHOD = compress ]; then
COMPRESS=compress
UNCOMPRESS=uncompress
CONVERSION="; x-conversions=compress"
elif [ $METHOD = gzip ]; then
COMPRESS="gzip -c"
UNCOMPRESS="gzip -dc"
CONVERSION="; x-conversions=gzip"
fi
if [ ! -z "$PERSON" ]; then
FROM="-from $PERSON"
fi
if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
echo 'usage: sendfiles: "mailpath" "subject-string" directory-or-file ...' 1>&2
exit 1;
fi
mailpath="$1"
echo "mailpath = $mailpath" 1>&2
shift
subject="$1"
echo "subject-string = $subject" 1>&2
shift
echo "files = $*" 1>&2
tar cvf - "$@" | $COMPRESS | \
/usr/lib/mh/viamail -to "$mailpath" -subject "$subject" \
-parameters "type=tar$CONVERSION" \
-comment "extract with $UNCOMPRESS | tar xvpf -" \
-delay "$DELAY" \
-verbose $FROM
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