getfilename(1M)                DG/UX R4.11MU05               getfilename(1M)


NAME
       getfilename - ask the user to name a file in a given format

SYNOPSIS
       getfilename format filename

DESCRIPTION
       The getfilename program asks the user for the name of a file in the
       format specified by format and copies that file to the filename given
       as the second argument.

       format is descriptive text used in mailcap to help the user
       understand what format the file needs to have; getfilename does not
       check to see if the file is in that format.

       getfilename provides functionality to programs such as mailto, which
       reference mailcap files.  For example, the following line in a
       mailcap file allows mailto to help the user include PostScript in
       outgoing mail:

       application/postscript; lpr -Pipa %s; description="Include a
       Postscript File"; compose="getfilename Postscript %s"

       In this example, the user would be presented with the string
            Enter the name of a file in 'Postscript' format:

SEE ALSO
       mailcap(5), mailto(1), metamail(1), mime(5)

NOTICES
       Author is Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bell Communications Research, Inc.


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