NAME
sendfile - send file(s) via Internet
SYNOPSIS
sendfile [ -stMgduzvolSPiqQV ] [ -c=" comment" ] [ -C=program ] [
-ps=[my_ID] ] [ -pe=[to_user] ] [ -m LIMIT ] file [...] user[@host]
sendfile -a="archive" [ -uviqQ ] [ -c=" comment" ] [ -C=program ] [
-ps[=my_ID] ] [ -pe[=to_user] ] file_or_directory [...] recipient
DESCRIPTION
sendfile sends files to the specified recipient.
On the receiving site there must be a SAFT-server (Simple Asynchronous
File Transfer) installed like sendfiled which stores incoming files
into the recipients spool-directory.
SAFT knows about 4 file types:
BINARY Byte-stream file which will not be modified.
SOURCE Record oriented program source file. Only EOL will be
translated.
TEXT Human readable text files. EOL and the character set (like
German umlauts) will be translated.
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension file as defined by RFC
2045-2049.
Files can be sent compressed or pgp-encrypted and/or pgp-signed. As an
extension to SAFT, sendfile is able to send multiple binary files in
one archive file.
Default mode for sendfile is sending compressed binary files.
Compression will be disabled for hosts which are inside your LAN and
for files which cannot be compressed.
With the helper program sfconf you can easily configure sendfile.
ARGUMENTS
You have to specify at least one file name and the recipient’s address.
An address can be specified as:
user
a local user or a sendfile alias (see below), e.g.: framstag
user@host
an user on a remote host, e.g.: framstag@bofh.belwue.de
saft://host/user
like above, but in URL-syntax, e.g.: saft://bofh.belwue.de/framstag
saft://host:port/user
like above, but with alternate SAFT-port, e.g.:
saft://bofh.belwue.de:4870/framstag
OPTIONS
-4, -6 Explicitly force IPv4 or IPv6 connections. By default, the
program will try to resolve the name given, and choose the
appropriate protocol automatically. If resolving a host name
returns both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, sendfile will try to use
the adresses in the order they are returned by the resolver.
-s Send in source mode (not needed if sending to a unix host).
-t Send in text mode (not needed if sending to a unix host).
-M Send MIME file (must be external composed before!).
-g Send in guessed mode: sendfile tries to guess the correct mode
(source, text or binary). This will not work in every case and
not on all platforms!
-i Print more transaction information.
-v Verbose mode: show SAFT protocol messages.
-V Show version information and exit.
-u Send uncompressed.
-z Send compressed.
-a Send files or whole directories as one archive (binary mode
only). You have to specify an archive name.
-d Delete previous sent file. No wildcards allowed.
-o Overwrite already sent file(s) with same name.
-P Read file from stdin. You must specify a file name, too.
-S Spool file into outgoing queue for later processing. You must
run a sendfiled which supports this mode.
-l List files in the outgoing spool.
-q Quiet mode 1: print no transfer messages.
-Q Quiet mode 2: print no transfer, information or warning
messages.
-c Add a short comment to a single file.
-C Force usage of specified compression program (gzip or bzip2).
-pc Encrypt file(s) with pgp (IDEA symmetric).
-pe Encrypt file(s) with pgp (public key).
-ps Add pgp signature(s) to the file(s).
-m Limit the maximum thruput (in KB/s).
ARGUMENTS
user Recipient user name. Can be an alias, too. See below.
file File name to be sent. Only when using the -a="archive" option
you may specify any file or directory.
EXAMPLES
sendfile -t project.txt chief@bigvax.somewhere.net
sendfile -a=jokes -c ’from Gary Larson’ *.gif framstag
FILES
/etc/sendfile.deny
Users which are not allowed to receive files or messages (set by
root).
/var/spool/sendfile/$USER/config/config
Your configuration file. Valid entries are (the | symbol means "
or"):
bell = on|off
add a bell when a file or message arrives.
deleting = on|off
allow remote users to delete their files after transmission
msglog = on|off
log incoming messages in /var/spool/sendfile/$USER/msglog
notification = none|both|mail [user@host]|message [user@host]
send a notification when a file has been arrived via mail or
message or none or both mechanism.
forward = user@host
set a forward address.
/var/spool/sendfile/$USER/config/restrictions
List of addresses from where you don’t want messages or files.
The format is:
user@host [mfb]
m stands for messages, f for files and b for both. Wildcards *
and ? are allowed. Examples:
gates@microsoft.com b
*aol.com m
You may also specify the addresses in URL-syntax.
/var/spool/sendfile/$USER/config/aliases
The sendfile alias file. Format:
alias address [sendfile-options]
Example:
chief grmblfz@bigvax.somewhere.net
ccc chaoscomputerclub@saft.ccc.de -pe -ps
You may also specify the addresses in URL-syntax.
SEE ALSO
sfconf receive(1) sendmsg(1) fetchfile(1)
AUTHOR
Ulli Horlacher - framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de