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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:27:00 CST
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- From: "Dr. John McClain,
- User Services Coordinator" <MCCLAIN@TAMZEUS.BITNET>
- Subject: capturing stuff with /out qualifiers
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- >Is it possible to write the MAIL directory display to file? Please
- >point me to a manual, if the explanation gets convoluted.
- >
-
- I often have to do this kind of stuff, especially with VAX notes. Have
- you ever tried to get a hardcopy of the members of a conference? The
- general idea is to assign sys$output to a file, then do what you have to
- do. Here is a command procedure that will do what you asked. I don't
- think you will find this explicitly documented.
-
- --john mcclain
- academic computing services
- texas a&m university
-
- -------------------------------------------------
- $ ! define sys$output for next command
- $ define/user sys$output mail_listing.txt
- $ ! now invoke mail and do the directory
- $ mail
- select mail ! in case there are newmail messages
- dir
- exit
- $ exit
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-