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.TH RCVPACK %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
rcvpack \- append message to file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
.B %libdir%/rcvpack
.I file
.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B rcvpack
program will append a copy of the message to the file
listed on its command line.
.PP
The messages are separated using mbox (uucp) style delimiters.
This is the format used by most mail clients (elm, mailx, etc.).
.PP
.B rcvpack
will correctly lock and unlock the file to serialize
access to the file, when running multiple copies of
.B rcvpack .
.PP
In general, its use is obsoleted by the
.B file
action of
.BR slocal ,
although it might still have occasional uses in various
shell scripts.

.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
.fi

.SH "SEE ALSO"
rcvdist(1), rcvstore(1), slocal(1)

.SH BUGS
Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be.