Removed obsolete comment about use of getcpy().

[nmh] / man / mhfixmsg.man

diff --git a/man/mhfixmsg.man b/man/mhfixmsg.man
index 17290ce19f53589b71b1ee8515f9af26cd317d88..af2880008cdc68949f588903a9f7ce3d95b5945d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mhfixmsg.man
+++ b/man/mhfixmsg.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MHFIXMSG %manext1% "October 3, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MHFIXMSG %manext1% "November 7, 2016" "%nmhversion%"

 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"


@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ mhfixmsg \- rewrite MIME messages with various transformations
 .HP 5
 .na
 .B mhfixmsg
 .HP 5
 .na
 .B mhfixmsg

+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]

 .RI [ +folder ]
 .RI [ msgs " | "
 .IR "absolute pathname" " | "
 .RI [ +folder ]
 .RI [ msgs " | "
 .IR "absolute pathname" " | "


@@ -35,8 +37,6 @@ mhfixmsg \- rewrite MIME messages with various transformations
 .RB [ \-normmproc ]
 .RB [ \-changecur " | " \-nochangecur ]
 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
 .RB [ \-normmproc ]
 .RB [ \-changecur " | " \-nochangecur ]
 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]

-.RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ]

 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhfixmsg
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhfixmsg


@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ mhfixmsg -outfile - | mhlist -file -
 .RE
 .SS Search message without modification
 To search the current message, which possibly contains base64 or quoted printable encoded text parts,
 .RE
 .SS Search message without modification
 To search the current message, which possibly contains base64 or quoted printable encoded text parts,

-without modifiying it, use the -outfile switch:
+without modifying it, use the -outfile switch:

 .PP
 .RS
 .nf
 .PP
 .RS
 .nf


@@ -449,17 +449,29 @@ mhfixmsg -textcharset utf-8
 .SS Fix all messages in a folder
 To run
 .B mhfixmsg
 .SS Fix all messages in a folder
 To run
 .B mhfixmsg

-on all of the messages in a folder, using a Bourne shell loop:
+on all of the messages in a folder:

 .PP
 .RS
 .nf
 .PP
 .RS
 .nf

-for msg in `pick +folder`; do mhfixmsg $msg; done
+mhfixmsg +folder all

 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP

+Alternatively,

 .B mhfixmsg
 .B mhfixmsg

-can be run on more than one message, but on a large number of messages
-may attempt to open too many files.
+can be run on each message separately, e.g., using a Bourne shell loop:
+.PP
+.RS
+.nf
+for msg in `pick +folder`; do mhfixmsg +folder $msg; done
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The two appearances of the
+.B +folder
+switch in that command protect against concurrent context changes by other
+.B nmh
+command invocations.

 .SS Run on newly incorporated messages
 To run
 .B mhfixmsg
 .SS Run on newly incorporated messages
 To run
 .B mhfixmsg


@@ -536,9 +548,3 @@ switch is enabled.  If the
 .B \-file
 switch or an absolute pathname is used, the context will not be
 modified.
 .B \-file
 switch or an absolute pathname is used, the context will not be
 modified.

-.SH BUGS
-.B mhfixmsg
-opens files internally for decoding and character set conversion, and apparently does not
-close them expeditiously.  Until that is resolved, it is recommended that
-.B mhfixmsg
-not be run on a large number of messages at once, as noted in the EXAMPLES above.