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NAME
     mhpath - print full pathnames of MH messages and folders

SYNOPSIS
     mhpath [+folder] [msgs] [-help]

DESCRIPTION
     Mhpath expands and sorts the message list [msgs] and writes
     the full pathnames of the messages to the standard output
     separated by newlines.

     If no ``msgs'' are specified, mhpath outputs the folder
     (directory) pathname (current folder default).

     Contrasted with other MH commands, a message argument to
     mhpath may often be intended for writing.  Because of this:

     1) The name new has been added to mhpath's list of reserved
        message names (the others are first, last, prev, next,
        cur, all).  New is last + 1 (where last is 0 in a
        messageless folder).  New may not be used as part of a
        message range.

     2) Within a message list, the following designations may
        refer to messages that do not exist: a single numeric
        message name, the single message name cur, and
        (obviously) the single message name new.  All other
        message designations must refer to at least one existing
        message.

     3) An empty folder is not in itself an error.

     Message numbers greater than 999 as part of a range
     designation are replaced with 999. Explicit single message
     numbers greater than 999, or message number 0 in any
     context, are errors.

     Your .mh_profile can contain the following entries:

          Path         To determine the user's MH directory

          Current-Folder
                       To find the default current folder

     mhpath has the following defaults:

          +folder      defaults to current

          msgs         defaults to NULL

     The folder and the current message are unaffected.




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OPTIONS
     -help   Display a synopsis of the mhpath command.

     +folder folder becomes the current folder.

EXAMPLES
     The current folder, foo, contains messages 3 5 6.  Cur is 4.

           % mhpath
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo

           % mhpath all
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/3
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6

           % mhpath 1000
           Message 1000 out of range 1-999

           % mhpath 1-1001
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/3
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6

           % mhpath new
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/7

           % mhpath last new
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/7

           % mhpath last-new
           Bad message list "last-new".

           % mhpath cur
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/4

           % mhpath 1-2
           No messages in range "1-2".

           % mhpath first:2
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/3
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5

           % mhpath 1 2
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/1
           /r/phyl/Mail/foo/2

           % mhpath 0
           Bad message list "0".

           % mhpath 0-last



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           Bad message list "0-last".

           --Backquoted Operations--

           % cd `mhpath +inbox`

     From "e":

           <CMD> run cat `mhpath cur`

FILES
     $HOME/.mh_profile
                      The user profile

CAVEATS
     Like all MH commands, mhpath expands and sorts [msgs].
     Don't expect:

           mv mhpath 501 500

     to move 501 to 500-- the reverse will happen. But:

           mv mhpath 501 mhpath 500`

     will do the trick.

     Out of range message 0 is treated far more severely than
     large out of range message numbers.

SEE ALSO
     mh(5mh).
























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