m_getfld: Shuffle `delim' assignments slightly.

[nmh] / man / mh-folders.man

diff --git a/man/mh-folders.man b/man/mh-folders.man
index e6b1d442b3804a9e46e197f45292c76e238bc1a4..d5e3c141378f196368bf3c67846c6c4eb81aa88b 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mh-folders.man
+++ b/man/mh-folders.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MH-MAIL %manext5% "March 7, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MH-FOLDERS %manext5% "February 25, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ numbers in each sequence.  The
 sequence has at most just a single message number, not a range.
 .PP
 Sequence names have a maximum size of 998 characters.  Each line is also
-limited to a maximum of 998 characters, but RFC\-822 continuation rules
+limited to a maximum of 998 characters, but RFC 822 continuation rules
 apply; sequences can be continued across multiple lines by prefixing
 continuation lines with a whitespace character.
 .PP
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ the sequence file should be updated to remove the missing messages
 from the sequence.  If a sequence contains no messages, it should be
 removed from the sequence file.  The exception to this is the
 .B cur
-sequence, which can refer to a nonexistant message.
+sequence, which can refer to a nonexistent message.
 .RE
 .PP
 .SS Locking
@@ -128,32 +128,63 @@ outside of
 that accesses these files must be sure to lock them using the same
 locking method as
 .BR nmh .
-The locking method is selected when
+The default data locking method is selected when
 .B nmh
 is configured and can be accessed as a string using
-.BR "mhparam lockmethod" .
+.BR "mhparam datalocking" .
+By default, fcntl locking is used, but this may be overridden with
+the
+.B datalocking
+profile entry.
+.PP
+A second, possibly different, locking method is used by
+.BR inc (1)
+when accessing the user's mail spool file or by
+.B nmh
+programs that open any mbox file.  This locking method can be overridden
+when
+.B nmh
+is configured, or in the
+.B nmh
+mts configuration file, and can be accessed as a string using
+.BR "mhparam spoollocking" .
 By default, kernel-level locking is used if appropriate for the
 platform, and it is for popular platforms.  That default should also
 be the same as used by the
 .B mail
 program, if provided on the platform.
+.PP
+.SS Naming
+.B nmh
+folders can be given arbitrary names, with one exception:
+folders should not be given all-numeric names.  This
+limitation results from
+.B nmh
+messages themselves being stored
+in numerically named files -- allowing folders to be named
+similarly would make
+.B nmh
+slower, and introduce usage ambiguities.
 .SH FILES
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta \w'^<folder>/\&.mh\(rusequences~'u
-^<mh\-dir>/context~^The user context
-^or $MHCONTEXT~^Rather than the standard context
-^<folder>/\&.mh\(rusequences~^Public sequences for <folder>
-.fi
+.PD 0
+.TP 20
+<mh\-dir>/context
+The user's context.
+.TP 20
+$MHCONTEXT
+Overrides the above context.
+.TP 20
+<folder>/\&.mh\-sequences
+Public sequences for <folder>.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-.I
 .IR flist (1),
 .IR folder (1),
 .IR mail (1),
 .IR mark (1),
-.IR mh\-param (1),
-.IR mh\-path (1),
+.IR mhparam (1),
+.IR mhpath (1),
 .IR mh\-profile (5),
 .IR mh\-sequence (5),
+.IR mh\-tailor (5),
 .IR pick (1),
 .IR rcvstore (1)