-.TH SCAN %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
+.TH SCAN %manext1% "November 6, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
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.\" %nmhwarning%
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switches are used. This permits individual fields of
the scan listing to be extracted with ease. The string is simply a format
string and the file is simply a format file. See
-.BR mh\-format (5)
+.IR mh\-format (5)
for the details.
.PP
In addition to the standard
-.BR mh\-format (5)
+.IR mh\-format (5)
escapes,
.B scan
also recognizes the following additional
scanning a draft folder, as message drafts usually aren't allowed
to have dates in them.
.PP
+The
+.B %etcdir%
+directory contains several format files as examples of customized
+.B scan
+output.
+.PP
.B scan
will update the
.B nmh
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR pick (1),
.IR show (1),
-.IR mh\-format(5)
+.IR mh\-format (5)
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
.RB ` +folder "' defaults to the current folder"
a heading saying what each column in the listing was. Format strings
prevent this from happening.
.SH BUGS
-The argument to the
-.B \-format
-switch must be interpreted as a single
-token by the shell that invokes
-.BR scan .
-Therefore, one must usually
-place the argument to this switch inside quotes.
-.PP
The value of each
.I component
escape is set by