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FOLDER(1mh) | FOLDER(1mh) |
NAME¶
folder, folders - set/list current folder/messageSYNOPSIS¶
folder [+folder] [msg] [-all |
-noall] [-create | -nocreate] [-fast |
-nofast] [-header | -noheader] [-recurse |
-norecurse] [-total | -nototal] [-list |
-nolist] [-push | -pop] [-pack | -nopack]
[-print] [-verbose | -noverbose] [-version]
[-help]
folders is equivalent to folder -all
DESCRIPTION¶
Since the nmh environment is the shell, it is easy to lose track of the current folder from day to day. When folder is given the -print switch (the default), folder will list the current folder, the number of messages in it, the range of the messages (low-high), and the current message within the folder, and will flag extra files if they exist. An example of this summary is:inbox+ has 16 messages ( 3- 22); cur= 5.
FOLDER # MESSAGES RANGE CUR (OTHERS) /var/work/folder has 35 messages ( 1- 35); cur=23. /usr/bugs/Mail has 82 messages ( 1-108); cur=82. ff has no messages. inbox+ has 16 messages ( 3- 22); cur= 5. mh has 76 messages (15- 76); cur=70. notes has 2 messages ( 1- 2); cur= 1. ucom has 124 messages ( 1-124); cur= 6; (others). TOTAL = 339 messages in 7 folders
Compacting a Folder¶
The -pack switch will compress the message names in the designated folders, removing holes in message numbering. The -verbose switch directs folder to tell the user the general actions that it is taking to compress the folder.The Folder Stack¶
The -push switch directs folder to push the current folder onto the folder-stack, and make the +folder argument the current folder. If +folder is not given, the current folder and the top of the folder-stack are exchanged. This corresponds to the “pushd” operation in the shell. The -pop switch directs folder to discard the top of the folder-stack, after setting the current folder to that value. No +folder argument is allowed. This corresponds to the “popd” operation in the shell. The -push switch and the -pop switch are mutually exclusive: the last occurrence of either one overrides any previous occurrence of the other. Both of these switches also set -list by default. The -list switch directs folder to list the contents of the folder-stack. No +folder argument is allowed. After a successful -push or -pop, the -list action is taken, unless a -nolist switch follows them on the command line. This corresponds to the “dirs” operation in the shell. The -push, -pop, and -list switches turn off -print.FILES¶
- $HOME/.mh_profile
- The user's profile.
PROFILE COMPONENTS¶
- Path:
- To determine the user's nmh directory.
- Current-Folder:
- To find the default current folder.
- Folder-Protect:
- To set mode when creating a new folder.
- Folder-Stack:
- To determine the folder stack.
SEE ALSO¶
mhpath(1), refile(1), rmf(1)DEFAULTS¶
- +folder
- The current folder.
- msg
- “none”
- -nofast
- -noheader
- -nototal
- -nopack
- -norecurse
- -noverbose
- is the default if no -list, -push, or -pop is specified.
- -list
- is the default if -push, or -pop is specified.
CONTEXT¶
If +folder and/or msg are given, they will become the current folder and/or message.BUGS¶
There is no way to restore the default behavior (to ask the user whether to create a non-existant folder) after -create or -nocreate is given.January 1, 2001 | nmh-1.6 |