gather(1)

NAME
     gather - gather up the files in a directory for transmission

SYNOPSIS
     gather [-s] source_dir [-d] dest_dir [-b] bytes [-f] file

OPTIONS

     -b   Desired number of bytes per output file

     -d   Destination directory

     -f   Base name of output files

     -s   Source directory

EXAMPLES

     gather              # Collect files in current dir into 60K archives

     gather -d dir       # Put the archives in dir

     gather -b 90000     # Try to produce 90K archives

     gather -s .. -d targ -b 5000
                         # Try to produce 5K archives

DESCRIPTION

     It is often useful to collect all the files in a directory  into  one  or
     more  archives  for  transmission by mail.  This program collects all the