X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/b36e2ab7892cdf30a8b33d02e00af70398013b5d..ea1fd31a3d41352b024fb35a1a781dce6a2f7afe:/man/rcvpack.man?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/man/rcvpack.man b/man/rcvpack.man index 1dc77316..e1a5f28f 100644 --- a/man/rcvpack.man +++ b/man/rcvpack.man @@ -1,45 +1,58 @@ -.\" +.TH RCVPACK %manext1% 1999-04-30 "%nmhversion%" +. .\" %nmhwarning% -.\" $Id$ -.\" -.\" include the -mh macro file -.so %etcdir%/tmac.h -.\" -.TH RCVPACK %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] +. .SH NAME -rcvpack \- append message to file +rcvpack \- append an email from standard input to a file .SH SYNOPSIS -.in +.5i -.ti -.5i -%libdir%/rcvpack -file -\%[-mbox] \%[-mmdf] -.br -\%[\-version] -\%[\-help] -.in -.5i +.HP 5 +.na +.B %nmhlibexecdir%/rcvpack +.RB [ \-help ] +.RB [ \-version ] +.I file +.RB [ \-mbox ] +.RB [ \-mmdf ] +.ad .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fIrcvpack\fR program will append a copy of the message to the file -listed on its command line. - -If the `-mbox' switch is given (the default), then the messages are -separated using mbox (uucp) style delimiters. This is the format used +.B rcvpack +appends a copy of a message to the file specified +on its command line. +.PP +If the +.B \-mbox +switch is given (the default), messages are separated by +mbox (uucp) style delimiters. This is the format used by most mail clients (elm, mailx, etc.). - -If the `-mmdf' switch is given, then the messages are separated by -mmdf style delimiters. Each message in the file is separated by four +.PP +Alternatively, if the +.B \-mmdf +switch is given, messages are separated by mmdf style +delimiters, each message being separated by four CTRL\-A's and a newline. - -\fIrcvpack\fR will correctly lock and unlock the file to serialize -access to the file, when running multiple copies of \fIrcvpack\fR. - -In general, its use is obsoleted by the \*(lqfile\*(rq action of -\fIslocal\fR, although it might still have occasional uses in various -shell scripts. -.Fi -^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file -.Sa -rcvdist(1), rcvstore(1), rcvtty(1), slocal(1) -.Bu +.PP +.B rcvpack +will correctly lock and unlock the file to serialize +access when running multiple copies of +.BR rcvpack . +.PP +In general, +.B rcvpack +has been rendered obsolete by the +.B file +action of +.BR slocal , +although it may still have some use in shell scripts. +.SH FILES +.fc ^ ~ +.nf +.ta \w'%nmhetcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u +^%nmhetcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file +.fi +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR rcvdist (1), +.IR rcvstore (1), +.IR rcvtty (1), +.IR slocal (1) +.SH BUGS Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be. -.En