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REFILE(1MH)             COMMAND REFERENCE             REFILE(1MH)



NAME
     refile - file message(s) in (an)other folder(s)

SYNOPSIS
     refile [ -ask ] [ -noask ] [ [-file file] | [msgs] ]
          [ -help ] [ -link ] [ -nolink ] [ -preserve ]
          [ -nopreserve ] [ -src +folder ] +folder ...

DESCRIPTION
     Refile moves or links mail messages from one mail folder
     into one or more other mail folders (see mv(1) and ln(1)).
     The folder that the messages come from is called the source
     folder, while the other folders are called destination
     folders.  When a message is filed, it is linked into the
     destination folder(s) if possible, and is copied otherwise.

     If the destination folders are all on the same file system,
     multiple filing causes little storage overhead.  This is a
     good way to cross-file or multiply-index messages.

     If a destination folder doesn't exist, refile asks if you
     want to create one.  If you respond with no the refile is
     aborted.

     Your .mh_profile can contain the following entries:


          Path: To determine the user's MH directory
          Current-Folder: To find the default current folder
          Folder-Protect: To set mode when creating a new folder

     Refile has the following defaults:


          -ask
          -nolink
          -nopreserve
          msgs defaults to the current message
          -src +folder defaults to the current folder

     You can use the keyword all as the msgs argument to refile
     all the mail messages in a mail folder. See the EXAMPLES
     section.

OPTIONS
     -ask
         If the destination folder doesn't exist, refile asks you
         if you want to create the folder.

     -noask
         If the destination folder doesn't exist, refile creates
         it without asking for confirmation.



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REFILE(1MH)             COMMAND REFERENCE             REFILE(1MH)



     -file file
         Move or link file into the destination folder. Note that
         file doesn't have to be in a mail folder; it can be in
         any directory.

     -help
         Print a message showing how to use refile.

     -link
         Preserve the mail message in the source folder.  (it
         does a link, ln(1), rather than a move, mv(1)).  If
         neither -link nor the keyword all are specified, the
         last message specified becomes the current message.
         Otherwise, the current message is left unchanged.

     -nolink
         Delete the filed messages from the source folder after
         copying them to the destination folder.

     -preserve
         Overrides the message renaming conventions.  Normally,
         when a message is filed, it is assigned the next highest
         number available in each of the destination folders.
         With this option naming conflicts may occur, so use this
         switch cautiously.  (See pick(1) for more details on
         message numbering.)

     -src +folder
         Take the specified mail messages from folder.  Folder
         becomes the current folder for future MH commands.

EXAMPLES
     If a message is received from Jones about the ARPA Map
     Project, the following instruction allows the message to be
     found in either of the two folders jones or Map:

          refile cur +jones +Map

     The following example moves all the mail messages from the
     folder inbox to the folder savebox:

          refile all -nolink -src +inbox +savebox

FILES
     $HOME/.mh_profile        The user profile

SEE ALSO
     comp(1mh), folder(1mh), forw(1mh), inc(1mh), mail(1mh),
     next(1mh), pick(1mh), prev(1mh), prompter(1mh), refile(1mh),
     repl(1mh), rmf(1mh), rmm(1mh), scan(1mh), send(1mh),
     show(1mh).




Printed 10/17/86                                                2

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