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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993 |
| 2 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. | |
| 196032ec | 3 | .\" |
| 11d50252 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
| 49db799a | 5 | .\" |
| dcf5f481 | 6 | .\" @(#)sendbug.1 8.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 196032ec | 7 | .\" |
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8 | .Dd |
| 9 | .Dt SENDBUG 1 | |
| 10 | .Os BSD 4.2 | |
| 11 | .Sh NAME | |
| 12 | .Nm sendbug | |
| 13 | .Nd mail a system bug report to 4bsd-bugs | |
| 14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | .Nm sendbug | |
| 16 | .Op Ar address | |
| 17 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 6d8d6442 | 18 | Bug reports sent to `4bsd-bugs@Berkeley.EDU' are intercepted |
| 196032ec | 19 | by a program which expects bug reports to conform to a standard format. |
| 5325ced3 | 20 | .Nm Sendbug |
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21 | is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports |
| 22 | in the correct format. | |
| 5325ced3 | 23 | .Nm Sendbug |
| 6d8d6442 | 24 | works by invoking the editor specified by the environment variable |
| 5325ced3 | 25 | .Ev EDITOR |
| 196032ec | 26 | on a temporary copy of the bug report format outline. The user must fill in the |
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27 | appropriate fields and exit the editor. |
| 28 | .Nm Sendbug | |
| 29 | then mails the completed report to `4bsd-bugs@Berkeley.EDU' or the | |
| 30 | .Ar address | |
| 196032ec | 31 | specified on the command line. |
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32 | .Sh ENVIRONMENT |
| 33 | .Nm Sendbug | |
| 34 | will utilize the following environment variable if it exists: | |
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35 | .Bl -tag -width EDITOR |
| 36 | .It Ev EDITOR | |
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37 | Specifies the preferred editor. If |
| 38 | .Ev EDITOR | |
| 39 | is not set, | |
| 40 | .Nm | |
| 41 | defaults to | |
| 42 | .Xr vi 1 . | |
| 11d50252 | 43 | .El |
| 5325ced3 | 44 | .Sh FILES |
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45 | .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/bugformat -compact |
| 46 | .It Pa /usr/share/misc/bugformat | |
| 47 | Contains the bug report outline. | |
| 48 | .El | |
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49 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 50 | .Xr vi 1 , | |
| 51 | .Xr environ 7 , | |
| 52 | .Xr bugfiler 8 , | |
| 53 | .Xr sendmail 8 | |
| 54 | .Sh HISTORY | |
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55 | The |
| 56 | .Nm sendbug | |
| 57 | command | |
| 58 | appeared in | |
| 59 | .Bx 4.2 . |