NAME

packf − compress a folder into a single file

SYNTAX

packf [+folder] [msgs] [−file name] [−help]

DESCRIPTION

Each message in a folder is normally stored as a separate file. The packf command takes all messages from the current folder and copies them to a single specified file.  Each message in the file is separated by four <CTRL-A’s> and a newline.

You can specify a folder other than the current folder using by the +folder argument.  If you do not want all the messages in a folder to be packed into one file, you can specify a number of messages or a range of messages with message numbers.  The following example show messages one and three, and one through three in the folder +lrp being packed into a file. 

$ packf +lrp 1 3
Create file "/machine/disk/username/msgbox"? y
 $ packf +lrp 1-3

OPTIONS

If you specify an existing file using the −file  filename switch then the specified messages will be appended to the end of that file, otherwise a new file will be created and the messages appended.  If you do not specify a filename, packf will create one for you.

If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.  The first message packed will become the current message. 

The default settings for packf are:

+folder defaults to the current folder
msgs defaults to all
−file ./msgbox

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