X-Git-Url: https://git.subgeniuskitty.com/unix-history/.git/blobdiff_plain/2e55f62585f76a2c1f426dc5bf6cd27d966887e1..fd88f5c5678c80ff5e338adc372d28a52ad20530:/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 diff --git a/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 index e5e10bf6dd..c928843a5e 100644 --- a/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 +++ b/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 @@ -1,11 +1,37 @@ .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" -.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. .\" -.\" @(#)mail.1 8.4 (Berkeley) %G% +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd +.\" @(#)mail.1 8.8 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 +.\" +.Dd April 28, 1995 .Dt MAIL 1 .Os BSD 4 .Sh NAME @@ -82,7 +108,7 @@ writes undeleted messages back to this file. .It Fl u Is equivalent to: .Pp -.Dl mail -f /var/spool/mail/user +.Dl mail -f /var/mail/user .El .Ss Sending mail To send a message to one or more people, @@ -450,6 +476,13 @@ If .Ic ignore is executed with no arguments, it lists the current set of ignored fields. +.It Ic inc +Incorporate any new messages that have arrived while mail +is being read. +The new messages are added to the end of the message list, +and the current message is reset to be the first new mail message. +This does not renumber the existing message list, nor does +does it cause any changes made so far to be saved. .It Ic mail .Pq Ic m Takes as argument login names and distribution group names and sends @@ -785,6 +818,12 @@ Causes you to be prompted for additional carbon copy recipients at the end of each message. Responding with a newline indicates your satisfaction with the current list. +.It Ar autoinc +Causes new mail to be automatically incorporated when it arrives. +Setting this is similar to issuing the +.Ic inc +command at each prompt, except that the current message is not +reset when new mail arrives. .It Ar autoprint Causes the .Ic delete @@ -860,6 +899,13 @@ Suppresses the printing of the version when first invoked. If this option is set, then a message-list specifier in the form ``/x:y'' will expand to all messages containing the substring ``y'' in the header field ``x''. The string search is case insensitive. +If ``x'' is ommitted, it will default to the ``Subject'' header field. +The form ``/to:y'' is a special case, and will expand +to all messages containing the substring ``y'' in the ``To'', ``Cc'' +or ``Bcc'' header fields. +The check for "to" is case sensitive, so that +``/To:y'' can be used to limit the search for ``y'' to just +the ``To:'' field. .It Ar verbose Setting the option .Ar verbose @@ -964,12 +1010,15 @@ and environment variables. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/Mail.help* -compact -.It Pa /var/spool/mail/* +.It Pa /var/mail/* Post office. .It ~/mbox User's old mail. .It ~/.mailrc File giving initial mail commands. +This can be overridden by setting the +.Ev MAILRC +environment variable. .It Pa /tmp/R* Temporary files. .It Pa /usr/share/misc/Mail.help*