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.TH REFILE %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
-refile \- file message in other folders
+refile \- file messages in other folders
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
.B refile
.RI [ msgs ]
.RB [ \-link " | " \-nolink ]
-.RB [ \-preserve " | " \-nopreserve ]
-.RB [ \-unlink " | " \-nounlink ]
.RB [ \-src
.IR +folder ]
.RB [ \-file
.IR file ]
-.RB [ \-rmmproc
-.IR program ]
-.RB [ \-normmproc ]
.I +folder1
\&...
-.RB [ \-version ]
+.RB [ \-Version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
Jones about the ARPA Map Project, the command
.PP
.RS 5
-refile\0cur\0+jones\0+Map
+refile\0c\0+jones\0+Map
.RE
.PP
would allow the message to be found in either of the two folders `jones'
.IR +folder .
If this is
not given, the current folder is used by default. If no message is
-specified, then `cur' is used by default.
+specified, then the current message is used by default.
.PP
The option
.B \-file
as the source message to be filed, rather than a message from a folder.
Note that the file should be a validly formatted message, just like
any other
-.B nmh
+.B mh
message. It should
.B NOT
be in mail drop format
(to convert a file in mail drop format to a folder of
-.B nmh
+.B mh
messages,
see
.BR inc (1)).
a tty, then
.B refile
will not ask any questions and will proceed as if the user answered
-\*(lqyes\*(rq to all questions.
+`yes' to all questions.
.PP
The option
.B \-link
whereas,
.B \-nolink
(the default) deletes the filed messages from the source folder.
-.PP
-Normally when a message is refiled, for each destination folder it
-is assigned the number which is one above the current highest message
-number in that folder. Use of the
-.B \-preserv
-switch will override
-this message renaming, and try to preserve the number of the message.
-If a conflict for a particular folder occurs when using the
-.B \-preserve
-switch, then
-.B refile
-will use the next available message number
-which is above the message number you wish to preserve.
-.PP
-If
-.B \-link
-is not specified (or
-.B \-nolink
-is specified), the filed
-messages will be removed from the source folder. The default is to
-remove these messages by renaming them with a site-dependent prefix
-(usually a comma). Such files will then need to be removed in some
-manner after a certain amount of time. Many sites arrange for
-.B cron
-to remove these files once a day, so check with your
-system administrator.
-.PP
-Alternately, if you wish for
-.B refile
-to really remove the files
-representing these messages from the source folder, you can use the
-.B -unlink
-switch (not to be confused with the
-.B \-link
-switch). But
-messages removed by this method cannot be later recovered.
-.PP
-If you prefer a more sophisticated method of `removing' the messages
-from the source folder, you can define the
-.B rmmproc
-profile
-component. For example, you can add a profile component such as
-.PP
-.RS 5
-rmmproc: /home/coleman/bin/rmm_msgs
-.RE
-.PP
-then
-.B refile
-will instead call the named program or script to
-handle the message files.
-.PP
-The user may specify
-.B \-rmmproc
-.I program
-on the command line to
-override this profile specification. The
-.B \-normmproc
-option forces
-the message files to be deleted by renaming or unlinking them as
-described above.
+No backups are kept, because the contents don't vanish.
+They are only moved to a new location.
+To restore: refile the other way.
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
^Path:~^To determine the user's mail storage
^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
^Folder\-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new folder
-^rmmproc:~^Program to delete the message
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
-.RB ` "\-src\ +folder" "' defaults to the current folder"
-.RB ` msgs "' defaults to cur"
+.RB ` "\-src\ \fI+folder\fP" "' defaults to the current folder"
+.RB ` msgs "' defaults to the current message"
.RB ` \-nolink '
-.RB ` \-nounlink '
-.RB ` \-nopreserve '
.fi
.SH CONTEXT
If
-.B \-src
-.I +folder
-is given, it will become the current folder.
-If neither
.B \-link
-nor `all' is specified, the current message in the
+is specified, the current message in the
source folder will be set to the last message specified; otherwise, the
current message won't be changed.
.PP
-If the \*(lqPrevious\-Sequence\*(rq profile entry is set, in addition to defining
+If the `Previous\-Sequence' profile entry is set, in addition to defining
the named sequences from the source folder,
.B refile
will also define
.B mh\-sequence (7)
for information concerning the previous sequence.
-.SH BUGS
-Since
-.B refile
-uses your
-.I rmmproc
-to delete the message,
-the
-.I rmmproc
-must
-.B NOT
-call
+.SH HISTORY
+Since mmh-0.3,
.B refile
-without specifying
-.BR \-normmproc ,
-or you will create an infinite loop.
+does never change the current folder.
+(It used to change it when
+.BI \-src\ +folder
+was given, but this behavior had usability disadvantages.)
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