man untruc (Commandes) - transfer big files through e-mail

NAME

untruc - transfer big files through e-mail

SYNOPSIS

untruc [-h] [-x] [-v] [-d] [-q] [-r {yes|no} ] filename [filename2...]

DESCRIPTION

truc & untruc are two shell scripts that allow you to transfer big files through e-mail. They are using classical commands such as uuencode, tar, compress, csplit, etc. The word 'truc' (French) means: "Transfert Rapide Uuencode' Compresse'".

This document applies to truc 1.0.7

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

Both truc and untruc support some command line options. For detailed description on truc, view truc(1).

Options to `untruc'

-h
Display the help
-x
To extract as far as possible the content of the received file (i.e., .gz will be gunzipped, .tar untarred, etc.)
-v
Verbose
-d
Debug (Will print some debug message)
-q
untruc will be totally quiet (no output message)
-r yes
If sender ask for a receipt, it will be automatically sent.
-r no
No receipt will be sent in any case.
filename
Files to process (at least one).

AUTHOR

Remco van de Meent <remco@debian.org> (this manual page for Debian GNU/Linux - original text from David Segonds)