From 5a5ef8e8fd626315f6cc8972d9d0e8c7cd69dc68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Harkless Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 01:28:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] man page updates from Jerry Peek --- man/packf.man | 9 ++++++++- man/whatnow.man | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/packf.man b/man/packf.man index a9f66cb..37bae2a 100644 --- a/man/packf.man +++ b/man/packf.man @@ -32,13 +32,20 @@ mmdf style delimiters. Each message in the file is separated by four CTRL\-A's and a newline. You may specify the name of the file in which to use with the -`\-file\ name' switch. If you do specify the name of the file, it +`\-file\ name' switch. If you do not specify the name of the file, it will default to `msgbox'. If the given file name points to an existing file, then the specified messages will be appended to the end of the file, otherwise the file will be created and the messages appended. +\fIpackf\fR makes an mbox-style delimiter by examining the first line +of the message. If the first line is a \*(lqReturn-Path:\*(rq +field, its address and the current date and time are used. Otherwise, +if the first line has an \*(lqX-Envelope-From:\*(rq field, its +contents (which should already be in the correct format) are used. +Otherwise, a dummy address and the current date and time are used. + Messages that are packed by \fIpackf\fR can be unpacked using \fIinc\fR. diff --git a/man/whatnow.man b/man/whatnow.man index 1a015bb..bd3c77f 100644 --- a/man/whatnow.man +++ b/man/whatnow.man @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ usually place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes. If the initial edit fails, \fIwhatnow\fR deletes your draft (by renaming it with a leading comma); failure of a later edit preserves the draft. +If the \fIbuildmimeproc\fR fails (returns a nonzero status), \fIwhatnow\fR +simply prints a \*(lqWhat now?\*(rq prompt. \fIwhatnow\fR depends on the +\fIbuildmimeproc\fR to tell the user that something went wrong. + If \fIwhatnowproc\fR is \fIwhatnow\fR, then \fIcomp\fR, \fIdist\fP, \fIforw\fP, and \fIrepl\fP use a built\-in \fIwhatnow\fR, and do not actually run the \fIwhatnow\fR program. Hence, if you define your own -- 1.7.10.4