MHPATH(1) [nmh-1.0.4] (MH.6.8) MHPATH(1)
NAME
mhpath - print full pathnames of nmh messages and folders
SYNOPSIS
mhpath [+folder] [msgs] [-version] [-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 pathname instead. If the only argument
is `+', your nmh Path is output; this can be useful is shell
scripts.
Contrasted with other nmh 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,
and all). The new message is equivalent to the message
after the last message in a folder (and equivalent to 1 in a
folder without messages). The new message 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 the highest existing message in
a folder as part of a range designation are replaced with
the next free message number.
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 2001
/r/phyl/Mail/foo/7
% mhpath 1-2001
/r/phyl/Mail/foo/3
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/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 is also useful in back-quoted operations:
% cd `mhpath +inbox`
% echo `mhpath +`
/r/phyl/Mail
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's nmh directory
Current-Folder: To find the default current folder
SEE ALSO
folder(1)
DEFAULTS
`+folder' defaults to the current folder
`msgs' defaults to none
CONTEXT
None
BUGS
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Like all nmh commands, mhpath expands and sorts [msgs]. So
don't expect
mv `mhpath 501 500`
to move 501 to 500. Quite the reverse. 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.
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