X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmhpath.man;h=4ecb614ed04204c34f3930922c837aa818bcc173;hb=5e5e8b753acc7ff1e16c7fca172a2151a6c01353;hp=c4928b4a7de4c62c61deea9effe582b152180216;hpb=493bcbe23dbc356a6b31698fbdda7b7df1c2d36b;p=mmh diff --git a/man/mhpath.man b/man/mhpath.man index c4928b4..4ecb614 100644 --- a/man/mhpath.man +++ b/man/mhpath.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH MHPATH %manext1% "February 18, 2012" "%nmhversion%" +.TH MHPATH %manext1% "November 6, 2012" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ mhpath: no messages in range 1\-2 .RE .PP .B mhpath -is also useful in back\-quoted operations: +is also useful in backquoted operations: .PP .RS 5 .nf @@ -115,6 +115,31 @@ is also useful in back\-quoted operations: /r/phyl/Mail .fi .RE +Because +.B mhpath +expands and sorts +.RI [ msgs ]. +the command +.PP +.RS 5 +.nf +mv `mhpath 501 500` +.fi +.RE +.PP +to will not move 501 to 500. +Quite the reverse. But +.PP +.RS 5 +.nf +mv `mhpath 501` `mhpath 500` +.fi +.RE +.PP +will do the trick. +.PP +Out of range message 0 is treated far more severely than large out of +range message numbers. .SH FILES .fc ^ ~ .nf @@ -138,32 +163,3 @@ is also useful in back\-quoted operations: .fi .SH CONTEXT None -.SH BUGS -Like all -.B nmh -commands, -.B mhpath -expands and sorts -.RI [ msgs ]. -So don't -expect -.PP -.RS 5 -.nf -mv `mhpath 501 500` -.fi -.RE -.PP -to move 501 to 500. -Quite the reverse. But -.PP -.RS 5 -.nf -mv `mhpath 501` `mhpath 500` -.fi -.RE -.PP -will do the trick. -.PP -Out of range message 0 is treated far more severely than large out of -range message numbers.