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- .SC MHPATH 1
- .NA
- mhpath \- print full pathnames of MH messages and folders
- .SY
- mhpath
- \%[+folder] \%[msgs]
- \%[\-help]
- .DE
- \fIMhpath\fR expands and sorts the message list `msgs' and writes
- the full pathnames of the messages to the standard output
- separated by newlines.
- If no `msgs' are specified,
- \fImhpath\fR outputs the folder pathname instead.
-
- Contrasted with other MH commands, a message argument to \fImhpath\fR
- may often be intended for \fIwriting\fR.
- Because of this:
- 1) the name \*(lqnew\*(rq has been added to \fImhpath\fR's list of
- reserved message names
- (the others are \*(lqfirst\*(rq, \*(lqlast\*(rq, \*(lqprev\*(rq,
- \*(lqnext\*(rq, \*(lqcur\*(rq, and \*(lqall\*(rq).
- The new message is equivalent to the message after the
- last message in a folder
- (and equivalent to 1 in a folder without messages).
- The \*(lqnew\*(rq message may not be used as part of a message range.
- 2) Within a message list,
- the following designations may refer to messages that do not exist:
- a single numeric message name,
- the single message name \*(lqcur\*(rq,
- and (obviously) the single message name \*(lqnew\*(rq.
- All other message designations must refer to at least one existing message.
- 3) An empty folder is not in itself an error.
-
- Message numbers greater than the highest existing message in a folder as
- part of a range designation are replaced with the next free message number.
-
- Examples: The current folder foo contains messages 3 5 6.
- Cur is 4.
-
- .nf
- .in +.5i
- % mhpath
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo
-
- % mhpath all
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/3
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6
-
- % mhpath 2001
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/7
-
- % mhpath 1\-2001
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/3
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6
-
- % mhpath new
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/7
-
- % mhpath last new
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/7
-
- % mhpath last\-new
- bad message list \*(lqlast\-new\*(rq.
-
- % mhpath cur
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/4
-
- % mhpath 1\-2
- no messages in range \*(lq1\-2\*(rq.
-
- % mhpath first:2
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/3
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5
-
- % mhpath 1 2
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/1
- /r/phyl/Mail/foo/2
- .in -.5i
- .fi
-
- \fIMHpath\fR is also useful in back\-quoted operations:
-
- .nf
- .in +.5i
- % cd `mhpath +inbox`
-
- % echo `mhpath +`
- /r/phyl/Mail
- .in -.5i
- .fi
- .Fi
- ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
- .Pr
- ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
- .Ps
- ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
- .Sa
- folder(1)
- .De
- `+folder' defaults to the current folder
- .Ds
- `msgs' defaults to none
- .Co
- None
- .Bu
- Like all MH commands, \fImhpath\fR expands and sorts \%[msgs].
- So don't expect
-
- .ti +.5i
- mv `mhpath 501 500`
-
- to move 501 to 500.
- Quite the reverse. But
-
- .ti +.5i
- mv `mhpath 501` `mhpath 500`
-
- will do the trick.
-
- Out of range message 0 is treated far more severely than large out of
- range message numbers.
- .En
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