NAME

rmm − remove messages

SYNOPSIS

rmm ­[+folder] ­[msgs] ­[−help]

DESCRIPTION

Rmm removes the specified messages by renaming the message files with preceding ‘#’s.  Many sites consider files that start with a ‘#’ to be a temporary backup, and arrange for cron (8) to remove such files once a day. 
 
If the user has a profile component such as
 
rmmproc:/bin/rm
 
then instead of simply renaming the message file, rmm will call the named program to delete the file.  Note that at most installations, cron (8) is told to remove files that begin with a ‘#’ once a night. 
 
Some users of csh prefer the following:
 
alias rmm ’refile +d’
 
where folder +d is a folder for deleted messages, and
 
alias mexp ’rm ‘mhpath +d all‘’
 
is used to “expunge” deleted messages.
 
The current message is not changed by rmm, so a next  will advance to the next message in the folder as expected.  ^$HOME/.mh_profile~^The user profile ^Path:~^To determine the user’s MH directory ^Current−Folder:~^To find the default current folder ^rmmproc:~^Program to delete the message rmf(1) ‘+folder’ defaults to the current folder ‘msgs’ defaults to cur If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.  Since refile uses your rmmproc to delete the message, the rmmproc must NOT call refile without specifying ‘−normmproc’, or you will create an infinte loop. 

NEWS-OSRelease 4.2.1R