Digital

NAME

mhpath − print full pathnames of MH messages and folders

SYNOPSIS

mhpath [ +foldername ] [ msgs ] [ −help ]

DESCRIPTION

Use the mhpath command to display the full pathname of the specified folder.  If you do not specify a folder, mhpath displays the pathname of the current folder. 

If you specify a message with its message number, mhpath displays the pathname of the specified message.  You can also specify a number of messages, or a range of messages.  If the top of the range that you specify is greater than the last message in the folder, mhpath displays as much of the specified range as possible. 

Additionally mhpath can take a keyword or a sequence name.  The following keywords are acceptable:

first The first message in the folder. 

last The last message in the folder. 

new The message after the last message in the folder.  You cannot use new as part of a message range. 

cur The current message in the folder. 

prev The message before the current message. 

next The message after the current message. 

all All of the messages in the folder. 

FLAGS

−helpPrints a list of the valid options to this command. 

EXAMPLES

In the following example, mhpath displays message 3 in the folder +inbox:

% mhpath +inbox 3
/r/phyl/Mail/inbox

The following example displays the pathname of messages 2 to 5 in the current folder:

% mhpath 2-5
/r/phyl/Mail/inbox/2
/r/phyl/Mail/inbox/3
/r/phyl/Mail/inbox/4
/r/phyl/Mail/inbox/5

PROFILE COMPONENTS

FILES

$HOME/.mh_profile
The user profile.

RELATED INFORMATION

folder(1)