untruc(1)

untruc1

Transfer big files through e-mail

Usage

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

Overview

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

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).

Releases

5 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 2.1
  2. 2.2–4.0

Author

Remco van de Meent <[email protected]> (this manual page for Debian GNU/Linux - original text from David Segonds)

From truc 1.0.7-5 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.