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NAME
     mhpath - print full pathnames of MH messages and folders

SYNOPSIS
     mhpath [+folder] [msgs] [-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.

     Contrasted with other MH 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 mes-
     sage name, the single message name "cur", and (obviously)
     the single message name "new".  All other message designa-
     tions 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
          /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5
          /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6

          % mhpath new
          /r/phyl/Mail/foo/7



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          % 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 MH 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
     Like all MH commands, mhpath expands and sorts [msgs].  So
     don't expect

          mv `mhpath 501 500`

     to move 501 to 500.  Quite the reverse.  But



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          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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