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   1 .TH FMTDUMP %manext8% "January 1, 2001" "%nmhversion%"
   2 .\"
   3 .\" %nmhwarning%
   4 .\"
   5 .SH NAME
   6 fmtdump \- decode nmh format files
   7 .SH SYNOPSIS
   8 .HP 5
   9 .na
  10 .B %libdir%/fmtdump
  11 .RB [ \-form
  12 .IR formatfile ]
  13 .RB [ \-format
  14 .IR string ]
  15 .RB [ \-version ]
  16 .RB [ \-help ]
  17 .ad
  18 .SH DESCRIPTION
  19 .B Fmtdump
  20 is a program that parses an
  21 .B nmh
  22 format file and produces a pseudo-language listing of the how
  23 .B nmh
  24 interprets the file.  This is useful when debugging a complicated format file.
  25 .PP
  26 The
  27 .B \-format
  28 .I string
  29 and
  30 .B \-form
  31 .I formatfile
  32 switches may be
  33 used to specify a format string or format file to read.  The string
  34 is simply a format string and the file is simply a format file.
  35 See
  36 .IR mh-format (5)
  37 for the details.
  38 .SH FILES
  39 .PD 0
  40 .TP 20
  41 $HOME/.mh\-profile
  42 The user's profile.
  43 .TP
  44 %etcdir%/scan.default
  45 The default format file.
  46 .PD
  47 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
  48 .TP 20
  49 Path:
  50 To determine the user's nmh directory.
  51 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  52 .IR mh-format (5),
  53 .IR mh-sequences (8)
  54 .SH CONTEXT
  55 None