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  1. : run this script through /bin/sh
  2. : '@(#)$Id: viamail.sh,v 1.2 1992/10/16 17:15:00 jromine Exp $'
  3.  
  4. DELAY=0 FROM=
  5. case "$1" in
  6.     -*)    DELAY="`echo $1 | sed -e 's%-%%'`"
  7.     shift
  8.     ;;
  9. esac
  10. if [ ! -z "$PERSON" ]; then
  11.     FROM="-viafrom $PERSON"
  12. fi
  13.  
  14. if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
  15.     echo 'usage: viamail: "mailpath" "subject-string" directory-or-file ...' 1>&2
  16.     exit 1;
  17. fi
  18.  
  19. mailpath="$1"
  20. echo "mailpath = $mailpath" 1>&2
  21. shift
  22.  
  23. subject="$1"
  24. echo "subject-string = $subject" 1>&2
  25. shift
  26.  
  27. echo "files = $*" 1>&2
  28.  
  29. tar cvf - $* | compress | \
  30.     mhn -viamail "$mailpath" -viasubj "$subject" \
  31.     -viaparm "type=tar; conversions=x-compress" \
  32.     -viacmnt "extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -" \
  33.     -viadelay "$DELAY" \
  34.     -verbose $FROM
  35.