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RECEIVE(1)						      General Commands Manual							RECEIVE(1)

NAME

       receive - receive files from the sendfile spool

SYNOPSIS

       receive [ -d ] [ -r ] [ -k ] [ -P ] [ -S ] [ -Z spool ] [ -q ] [ -ffrom ] file [...]
       receive -n [ -d ] [ -r ] [ -k ] [ -P ] [ -S ] [ -Z spool ] [ -q ] file-number [...]
       receive [ -s ] [ -l ] [ -L ] [ -R ] [ -ffrom ]
       receive -b user[@host] [ -k ] [ -f"from" ] file [...]
       receive -b user[@host] [ -k ] [ -f"from" ] -n file-number [...]
       receive -b user[@host] [ -k ] -a

DESCRIPTION

       receive files from the sendfile spool which has been sent to you.

       If there is already a file with the same name you will be prompted for overwriting or renaming.

       Allowed wildcards in file names are: * ? [abc] [^abc]
       CAUTION: you have to put wildcards and other special characters in '' quotes to hide them for interpretation by your shell.

OPTIONS

       -n      receive file number(s)

       -d      delete instead of receive

       -a      receive (or delete or bounce) all files

       -r      rename before receiving

       -k      keep files in spool after receiving

       -P      pipe files to stdout

       -S      receive only pgp-signed files

       -s      list files in short format

       -l      list files

       -L      list files and look inside archives, too

       -R      renumber files in spool

       -b      bounce (forward) files to another recipient

       -q      quiet mode: no questions asked

       -fuser  all actions refer only to files from this user

       -Z spool
	       specify an alternate spool directory

EXAMPLES

       receive -L
       list all files in long format.

       receive 'blubb*'
       receive all files starting with string "blubb".

       receive -daf microsoft.com
       delete all files from microsoft.com sites.

       receive -b framstag@bofh '*.jpg'
       bounce all *.jpg-files to framstag@bofh.

FILES

       /var/spool/sendfile   The sendfile spool directory.

       /var/spool/sendfile/$USER/log
			     A log of the last transfers.

       /etc/sendfile.deny    Users which are not allowed to receive files or messages (set by root).

SEE ALSO

       sendfile(1).

AUTHOR

       Ulli Horlacher  -  framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de

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