burst
PURPOSE
Explodes digests into messages.
SYNOPSIS
burst [+folder][msgs][-inplace][-noinplace][-quiet]
[-noquiet][[-verbose][-noverbose][-help]
DESCRIPTION
The burst command is used to explode digests, messages
forwarded by the forw command, and blind carbon copies
sent by the forw and send commands. burst is part of the
MH (Message Handling) package and can be used with other
MH and AIX commands.
The burst command cannot explode more than about 1,000
messages from a single message. burst, however, gener-
ally does not place a specific limit on the number of
messages in a folder after bursting is complete.
The burst command uses encapsulation boundaries to deter-
mine where to separate the encapsulated messages. If an
encapsulation boundary is located within a message, burst
may split that message into two or more messages.
FLAGS
+folder msgs Specifies the messages that you want to
burst. msgs can be several messages, a range
of messages, or a single message. You can
use the following message references when
specifying msgs:
num first prev
cur . next
last all sequence
The default message is the current message in
the current folder. If -inplace is also
specified, the the first message burst
becomes the current message. Otherwise, the
first message extracted from the first digest
becomes the current message.
-help Displays help information for the command.
-inplace Replaces each digest by a table of contents
for the digest, places the messages contained
in each digest directly after the digest's
table of contents, and renumbers all subse-
quent messages in the folder to make room for
the messages in the exploded digest.
Warning: The burst command does not place
text that appears after the last encapsulated
message in a separate message. When you
specify the -inplace flag, burst loses this
trailing text. In digests, this text is
usually an End-of-Digest string. However, if
the sender appended remarks after the last
encapsulated message, burst loses these
remarks.
-noinplace Preserves each digest, does not produce a
table of contents for each digest, and places
the messages contained in each digest at the
end of the folder. burst does not affect
messages that are not part of digests. This
flag is the default.
-noquiet Reports information about messages that are
not in digest format. This flag is the
default.
-noverbose Does not report the general actions that
burst performs while exploding the digests.
This flag is the default.
-quiet Does not report information about messages
that are not in digest format.
-verbose Reports the general actions that burst per-
forms while exploding the digests.
PROFILE ENTRIES
Current-Folder: Sets your default current folder.
Msg-Protect: Sets the protection level for your new
message files.
Path: Specifies your user_mh_directory.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The MH user profile.
RELATED INFORMATION
Other MH commands: "forw," "inc," "msh," "packf,"
"send," "show."
The mh-profile file in AIX Operating System Technical
Reference.
The "Overview of the Message Handling Package" in Man-
aging the AIX Operating System.