Document option keep. This is necessary if you want the mail scheme

where /var/mail has a sticky bit. You domt want to define the keep
option in all cases as it recreates your mailbox when it has zero length.
Since mail doesnt have an s-bit this doesnt always work.

-Guido

diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index 7b70e46..1f17f10 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -833,6 +833,9 @@ of a message you are sending.
 .It Ar hold
 This option is used to hold messages in the system mailbox
 by default.
 .It Ar hold
 This option is used to hold messages in the system mailbox
 by default.

+.It Ar keep
+With this option, the system mailbox will never be removed, even when
+it has zero length.

 .It Ar ignore
 Causes interrupt signals from your terminal to be ignored and echoed as
 @'s.
 .It Ar ignore
 Causes interrupt signals from your terminal to be ignored and echoed as
 @'s.