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folders(1)
NAME
folders - list folders and contents (only available within the message
handling system, mh)
SYNOPSIS
folders [+folder] [msg] [options]
OPTIONS
-fast
-nofast
Lists only the name of folders, with no additional information. This
is faster because the folders need not be read.
-help
Prints a list of the valid options to this command.
-list
-nolist
Lists the contents of the folder-stack. No +folder argument is allowed
with this option.
-pack
-nopack
Re-numbers messages in the folders. Messages are re-numbered
sequentially, and any gaps in the numbering are removed. The default
operation is -nopack, which does not change the numbering in the
folder.
-pop
Discards the top of the folder-stack, after setting the current folder
to that value. No +folder argument is allowed with this option. This
corresponds to the popd operation in the C-shell; see csh(1). The -push
and -pop options are mutually exclusive: the last occurrence of either
one overrides any previous occurrence of the other.
-push
Pushes the current folder onto the folder-stack, and makes the +folder
argument into the current folder. If +folder is not given, the current
folder and the top of the folder-stack are exchanged. This corresponds
to the pushd operation in the C-shell; see csh(1). The -push switch
and the -pop switch are mutually exclusive: the last occurrence of
either one overrides any previous occurrence of the other.
-recurse
-norecurse
Lists folders recursively. Information on each folder is displayed,
followed by information on any sub-folders which it contains.
-total
-nototal
Displays only the total number of messages and folders in your Mail
directory. This option does not print any information about individual
folders. It can be suppressed using the -nototal option.
The defaults for folders are:
+folder defaults to all
msg defaults to none
-nofast
-noheader
-nototal
-nopack
-norecurse
DESCRIPTION
The folders command displays the names of your folders and the number of
messages that they each contain.
The folders command displays a list of all the folders in your Mail
directory. The folders are sorted alphabetically, each on its own line.
This is illustrated in the following example:
Folder # of messages ( range ); cur msg (other files)
V2.3 has 3 messages ( 1- 3).
adrian has 20 messages ( 1- 20); cur= 2.
brian has 16 messages ( 1- 16).
chris has 12 messages ( 1- 12).
copylog has 242 messages ( 1- 242); cur= 225.
inbox+ has 73 messages ( 1- 127); cur= 127.
int has 4 messages ( 1- 4); cur= 2 (others).
jack has 17 messages ( 1- 17); cur= 17.
TOTAL= 387 messages in 8 folders.
The plus sign (+) after inbox indicates that it is the current folder. The
information about the int folder includes the term (others). This indicates
that the folder int contains files which are not messages. These files may
be either sub-folders, or files that do not belong under the MH file naming
scheme.
The folders command is identical to the effect of using the -all option to
the folder command.
If you use folders with the +folder argument, it will display all the
subfolders within the named folder. as shown in the following example:
% folders +test
Folder # of messages ( range ); cur msg (other files)
test+ has 18 messages ( 1- 18); (others).
test/testone has 1 message ( 1- 1).
test/testtwo has no messages.
TOTAL= 19 messages in 3 folders.
See refile(1) for more details of sub-folders.
RESTRICTIONS
MH does not allow you to have more than 100 folders at any level in your
Mail directory.
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine your MH directory
Folder-Protect: To set protections when creating a new folder
Folder-Stack: To determine the folder stack
lsproc: Program to list the contents of a folder
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile
The user profile.
SEE ALSO
csh(1), folder(1), refile(1), mhpath(1)
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