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- From: roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com (roberts)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: save mail
- Message-ID: <os5j4vs@sgi.sgi.com>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 21:55:20 GMT
- Sender: roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- Lines: 48
-
- From the mail_bsd(1) man page:
-
- Under commands:
-
- folder (fo) The folder command switches to a new mail file or
- folder. With no arguments, it tells you which file you are
- currently reading. If you give it an argument, it will write
- out changes (such as deletions) you have made in the current
- file and read in the new file. Some special conventions are
- recognized for the name. @ means the current file in read-
- only mode, $ means the current file, in read/write mode if
- possible, # means the previous file, % means your system
- mailbox, %user means user's system mailbox, & means your
- ~/mbox file, and +folder means a file in your folder
- ^^^^^^^
- directory.
-
- Issuing the command ``folder %'' while you are reading your
- system mailbox is a convenient way to incorporate new mail
- which has arrived during the session.
-
-
- Under options:
-
- folder The name of the directory to use for storing folders of
- messages. If this name begins with a `/', Mail considers it
- to be an absolute pathname; otherwise, the folder directory
- is found relative to your home directory.
-
-
- In english...
-
- If you want to save mail in the directory ~/Mailbox, add the following
- to your ~/.mailrc file:
-
- set folder=Mailbox
-
- Now you can save as follows:
-
- s +test
-
- and the current message will be saved to the file ~/Mailbox/test
-
- The man page could be quite a bit clearer on this issue. I'll have to
- rewrite it (again) one of these days. Thanks for pointing it out.
-
- - Robert Stephens
- Silicon Graphics Inc.
-