sendbug/sendbug.1

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.TH SENDBUG 1 "October 25, 1988"
.UC 5
.ad
.SH NAME
sendbug \- mail a system bug report to 4bsd-bugs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sendbug [ address ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Bug reports sent to `4bsd-bugs@Berkeley.EDU' are intercepted
by a program which expects bug reports to conform to a standard format.
.I Sendbug
is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports
in the correct format.
.I Sendbug
works by invoking the editor specified by the environment variable
.I EDITOR
on a temporary copy of the bug report format outline. The user must fill in the
appropriate fields and exit the editor.  The default editor is
.IR vi (1).
.I Sendbug
then mails the completed report to `4bsd-bugs@Berkeley.EDU' or the address
specified on the command line.
.SH FILES
.nf
.ta \w'/usr/ucb/bugformat       'u
/usr/ucb/bugformat      contains the bug report outline
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
vi(1), environ(7), bugfiler(8), sendmail(8)