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- getfilename(1) USER COMMANDS getfilename(1)
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- NAME
- getfilename - Ask the user to name a file in a given format
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- SYNOPSIS
- getfilename format-name file-name
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- DESCRIPTION
- The _g_e_t_f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e program will ask the user for the name of a
- file in the specified format, and will copy that file to the
- file-name given as the second argument.
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- If this doesn't sound very useful by itself, you're right.
- However, this turns out to be all you need in order to add
- some useful functionality to mailcap-oriented programs such
- as mailto(1). For example, the following line in a mailcap
- file allows mailto to help the user include PostScript in
- outgoing mail:
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- application/postscript ; lpr -Pipa %s ; label="Include a
- Postscript File";compose="getfilename Postscript %s"
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- SEE ALSO
- mailto(1), metamail(1)
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- BUGS
- This is such a tiny program it might actually be bug-free,
- but I wouldn't bet on it.
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- COPYRIGHT
- Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc.
- (Bellcore)
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- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
- material for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
- provided that the above copyright notice and this permission
- notice appear in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore
- not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to this
- material without the specific, prior written permission of
- an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO
- REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS
- MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
- ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
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- AUTHOR
- Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore
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- Sun Release 4.1 Last change: Release 1 1
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