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   1 .TH FMTDUMP %manext8% "December 21, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
   2 .\"
   3 .\" %nmhwarning%
   4 .\"
   5 .SH NAME
   6 fmtdump \- decode nmh format files
   7 .SH SYNOPSIS
   8 .HP 5
   9 .na
  10 .B %nmhlibexecdir%/fmtdump
  11 .RB [ \-help ]
  12 .RB [ \-version ]
  13 .RB [ \-form
  14 .IR formatfile ]
  15 .RB [ \-format
  16 .IR string ]
  17 .ad
  18 .SH DESCRIPTION
  19 .B fmtdump
  20 parses an
  21 .B nmh
  22 format file and produces a pseudo-language listing of 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.
  34 See
  35 .IR mh-format (5)
  36 for details.
  37 .SH FILES
  38 .PD 0
  39 .TP 20
  40 $HOME/.mh_profile
  41 The user's profile.
  42 .TP
  43 %nmhetcdir%/scan.default
  44 The default format file.
  45 .PD
  46 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
  47 .TP 20
  48 Path:
  49 To determine the user's nmh directory.
  50 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  51 .IR fmttest (1),
  52 .IR mh-format (5),
  53 .IR mh-sequences (8)
  54 .SH CONTEXT
  55 None