MSGCHK(1m,C)                AIX Commands Reference                 MSGCHK(1m,C)



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msgchk



PURPOSE

Checks for messages.

SYNTAX


          +------------+
msgchk ---|            |---|
          +--- user ---+
            ^        |
            +--------+

msgchk --- -help ---|


Warning: See restrictions, Chapter 18, AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces.

DESCRIPTION

The msgchk command is used to check mail drops for messages waiting to be
received.  This command msgchk is part of the Message Handling (MH) package and
can be used with other MH and AIX commands.

The msgchk command checks all mail drops belonging to the specified user IDs
and reports which mail drops contain messages that have not been received.
msgchk also indicates whether it appears you have already seen these messages.
If you do not specify a user argument, msgchk checks the current user's mail
drops.

FLAG

-help    Displays help information for the command.

FILES

$HOME/.mh_profile        The MH user profile.
/usr/lib/mh/mtstailor    The MH tailor file.
$HOME/$USER              The location of the mail drop.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the MH command "inc."

See the mh-mail and and mh-profile files in AIX Operating System Technical
Reference.




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See "Overview of the Message Handling Package" in Managing the AIX Operating
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