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1 .\" This file is automatically generated. Do not edit!
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2 .\" @(#)$Id$
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3 .SC REFILE 1
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4 .NA
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5 refile \- file message in other folders
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6 .SY
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7 refile
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8 \%[msgs]
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9 \%[\-draft]
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10 \%[\-link] \%[\-nolink]
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11 \%[\-preserve] \%[\-nopreserve]
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12 \%[\-src\ +folder]
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13 \%[\-file\ file]
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14 \%[\-rmmproc program] \%[\-normmproc]
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15 +folder ...
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16 \%[\-help]
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17 .DE
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18 \fIRefile\fR moves (\fImv\fR\0(1)) or links (\fIln\fR\0(1)) messages from a
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19 source folder into one or more destination folders.
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20 If you think
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21 of a message as a sheet of paper, this operation is not
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22 unlike filing the sheet of paper (or copies) in file cabinet
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23 folders.
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24 When a message is filed, it is linked into the
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25 destination folder(s) if possible, and is copied otherwise.
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26 As long
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27 as the destination folders are all on the same file system, multiple filing
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28 causes little storage overhead.
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29 This facility provides a good way to cross\-file or multiply\-index
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30 messages.
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31 For example, if a message is received from Jones about
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32 the ARPA Map Project, the command
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33
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34 refile\0cur\0+jones\0+Map
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35
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36 would allow the message to be found in either of the two
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37 folders `jones' or `Map'.
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38
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39 The option `\-file\ file' directs \fIrefile\fR to use the specified
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40 file as the source message to be filed, rather than a message from
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41 a folder.
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42 Note that the file should be a validly formatted message,
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43 just like any other \fIMH\fR message.
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44 It should \fBNOT\fR be in mail drop format
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45 (to convert a file in mail drop format to a folder of \fIMH\fR messages,
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46 see \fIinc\fR\0(1)).
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47
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48 If a destination folder doesn't exist, \fIrefile\fR will ask if you
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49 want to create it.
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50 A negative response will abort the file operation.
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51 If the standard input for \fIrefile\fR is \fInot\fR a tty,
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52 then \fIrefile\fR will not ask any questions and will proceed as if
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53 the user answered \*(lqyes\*(rq to all questions.
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54
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55 The option `\-link' preserves the source folder copy of the message
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56 (i.e., it does a \fIln\fR(1) rather than a \fImv\fR(1)), whereas,
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57 `\-nolink' deletes the filed messages from the source
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58 folder.
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59 Normally, when a message is filed, it is assigned the
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60 next highest number available in each of the destination folders.
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61 Use of the `\-preserve' switch will override this message
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62 renaming, but name conflicts may occur, so
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63 use this switch cautiously.
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64
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65 If `\-link' is not specified (or `\-nolink' is specified),
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66 the filed messages will be removed from the
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67 source folder, by renaming them with a site-dependent prefix (usually
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68 a comma).
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69
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70 .ne 4
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71 If the user has a profile component such as
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72
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73 rmmproc: /bin/rm
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74
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75 then \fIrefile\fR
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76 will instead call the named program to delete the message files.
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77 The user may specify `\-rmmproc program' on the command line
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78 to override this profile specification.
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79 The \`-normmproc' option forces
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80 the message files to be deleted
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81 by renaming them as described above.
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82
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83 The `\-draft' switch tells \fIrefile\fR to file the <mh\-dir>/draft.
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84 .Fi
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85 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
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86 .Pr
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87 ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
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88 .Ps
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89 ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
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90 .Ps
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91 ^Folder\-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new folder
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92 .Ps
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93 ^rmmproc:~^Program to delete the message
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94 .Sa
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95 folder(1)
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96 .De
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97 `\-src\ +folder' defaults to the current folder
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98 .Ds
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99 `msgs' defaults to cur
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100 .Ds
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101 `\-nolink'
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102 .Ds
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103 `\-nopreserve'
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104 .Co
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105 If `\-src\ +folder' is given, it will become the
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106 current folder.
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107 If neither `\-link' nor `all' is specified,
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108 the current message in the source
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109 folder will be set to the last message specified; otherwise, the
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110 current message won't be changed.
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111
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112 If the Previous\-Sequence profile entry is set,
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113 in addition to defining the named sequences from the source folder,
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114 \fIrefile\fR will also define those sequences for the destination folders.
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115 See \fImh\-sequence\fR\0(5) for information concerning the previous sequence.
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116 .Bu
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117 Since \fIrefile\fR uses your \fIrmmproc\fP to delete the message,
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118 the \fIrmmproc\fP must \fBNOT\fP call \fIrefile\fP without
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119 specifying `\-normmproc',
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120 or you will create an infinte loop.
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121 .En
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