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Parameters

Qualifiers

Examples

/ALL

/CONFIRM

MAIL FILE — VMS 5.5

  Moves the current message to the specified folder.  You can use  the
  FILE  command and the MOVE command interchangeably because they work
  the same way.

  If you enter the FILE command, supply a folder-name, and then decide
  that you do not want to file the message, enter CTRL/Z.  CTRL/Z
  aborts the operation and keeps you within MAIL.

   Format:

       FILE folder-name [file-name]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiersExamples

Parameters

 folder-name

  Indicates the name of the folder to which  the  current  message  is
  moved.  If the specified folder does not exist, you are asked if you
  want to create it.

  A folder name can be 1 to 39 characters in length.

 file-name

  Indicates the name of the file  to  which  the  current  message  is
  to be moved. If the specified file does not exist, it is created.  If
  the file name is omitted, the message is moved to the specified folder
  in the current file.

Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/ALL/CONFIRM

/ALL

 /ALL

 Moves all the messages in the current folder to the specified folder.

/CONFIRM

 /[NO]CONFIRM

 Determines whether you are queried about creating a new file or folder.
 The default is /CONFIRM.

Examples

  1.
       MAIL> 2
       MAIL> FILE
       _Folder: WINNERS
       _File: <RET>
       Folder WINNERS does not exist.
       Do you want to create it (Y/N, default is N)?
       %MAIL-I-NEWFOLDER, folder WINNERS created

       MAIL> SELECT WINNERS
       %MAIL-I-SELECTED, 1 message selected

       MAIL> DIRECTORY
                                                         WINNERS
       #   From    Date                 Subject

       1   BURK    18-APR-1988        Early American Art

       MAIL>


  This example shows how to use the FILE command to move a message  to
  a  new  folder  named  WINNERS and the SELECT command to move to the
  newly created folder.

  2.   MAIL> FILE /NOCONFIRM
       _Folder: SCHEDULES
       _File: AUGUST

       %MAIL-S-CREATED, DISK$:[SARAH]AUGUST.MAI;1 created
       %MAIL-I-NEWFOLDER, folder SCHEDULES created

  This example shows how to use the FILE command to move a message  to
  a  new  folder  named  SCHEDULES and a new file AUGUST.

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