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rmf(1)
NAME
  rmf - remove folder (only available within the message handling system, mh)

SYNOPSIS
  rmf [+folder] [-help] [-[no]interactive]

OPTIONS
  -help
      Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

  -interactive

  -nointeractive
      Asks for confirmation before deleting a folder. By default, rmf deletes
      a folder and its messages without asking for confirmation.  If you
      specify the -interactive option, rmf asks if you are sure before
      deleting the folder. You are advised to use this option, since when rmf
      deletes a folder its contents are lost irretrievably.

DESCRIPTION
  The rmf command removes all of the messages within the current folder, and
  then removes the folder itself. If there are any files within the folder
  which are not part of MH, they are not removed, and an error message is
  displayed.

  You can specify a folder other than the current folder by using the +folder
  argument. If you do not specify a folder, and rmf cannot find the current
  folder,rmf asks you whether you want to delete +inbox instead.

  If the current folder is removed, it makes +inbox current.

  Note that the rmf command irreversibly deletes messages that do not have
  other links, so use it with caution.

  If the folder being removed is a sub-folder, the parent folder becomes the
  new current folder, and rmf tells you that this has happened. This provides
  an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list,
  then removing the list and returning to the current folder from which the
  list was extracted.

  Using rmf to delete a read-only folder deletes the private sequence and
  current message information from the .mh_profile file, without affecting
  the folder itself. If you have sub-folders within a folder, you must delete
  all the sub-folders before you can delete the folder itself.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
  Path: To determine the user's Mail directory

EXAMPLES
  This example shows how rmf asks for confirmation when the -interactive
  option is used:

       % rmf -interactive +test
       Remove folder "test"? y

FILES
  $HOME/.mh_profile
      The user profile.

SEE ALSO
  rmm(1)

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