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



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rcvtty



PURPOSE

Notifies the user of incoming messages.

SYNTAX


          +-- cmd --+
rcvtty ---|         |---|
          +- -help -+


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

DESCRIPTION

The rcvtty command is used to send the user a message when incoming mail has
arrived.  rcvtty is not designed to be run directly by the user; it is designed
to be called by /usr/lib/mh/slocal.  The rcvtty command is part of the Message
Handling (MH) package.

The rcvtty command sends a one-line scan listing to your terminal.  If you give
rcvtty a command as an argument, rcvtty executes the command with the incoming
message as the command's standard input, and sends the output to the terminal.
For rcvtty to write output to your terminal, your terminal's write permission
must be set as all.

You can run rcvtty on all incoming messages by specifying the rcvtty command in
the .mail delivery file.

FLAG

-help   Displays help information for the command.

FILES

$HOME/.maildelivery     The user's local mail delivery instructions.
$HOME/.forward          The user's default message filter.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "rcvdist,"  "rcvpack,"  "rcvstore," "rcvtty,"
"sendmail, mailq, newaliases," and  "slocal."

See the mh-alias, mh-format, mh-mail, and mh-profile files in AIX Operating
System Technical Reference.  The "Overview of the Message Handling Package" in
Managing the AIX Operating System.



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