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| author | Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-11-08 03:54:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-11-08 03:54:37 +0000 |
| commit | 727c14404a0ae7b9fc75b3d7ef8364f8ddf3975c (patch) | |
| tree | d6bc08d2c99eac8dbed4dd89c575a4aa7576f462 /usr.bin/mail/mail.1 | |
| parent | 1949905f8bf988b5a04f6e501d4bb810a9607ced (diff) | |
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Document startup behaviour of mail(1).
PR: docs/1577
Submitted by: Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com>
Notes
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diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 index 7109ef44ab2a..a76a19096a1c 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 +++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 @@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ Is equivalent to: .Pp .Dl mail -f /var/mail/user .El +.Ss Startup actions +At startup time +.Nm +will execute commands in the system command files +.Pa /usr/share/misc/mail.rc , +.Pa /usr/local/etc/mail.rc +and +.Pa /etc/mail.rc +in order, unless explicitly told not to by the use of the +.Fl n +option. +Next, the commands in the user's personal command file +.Pa ~/.mailrc +are executed. +.Nm +then examines its command line options to determine whether a +new message is to be sent, or whether an existing mailbox is to +be read. .Ss Sending mail To send a message to one or more people, .Nm mail |