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118 lines
3.8 KiB
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#+TITLE: MU MOVE
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#+MAN_CLASS_OPTIONS: :section-id "@SECTION_ID@" :date "@MAN_DATE@"
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* NAME
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mu-move - move a message file or change its flags
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* SYNOPSIS
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*mu [common-options] move [options] <src> [--flags=<flags>] [<target>]*
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* DESCRIPTION
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*mu move* is the command for moving messages in a Maildir or changing their flags.
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For any change, both the message file in the file system as well as its
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representation in the database are updated accordingly.
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The source message file and target-maildir must reside under the root-maildir
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for mu's database (see *mu info store*).
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* MOVE OPTIONS
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** --flags=<flags>
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specify the new message flags. See *FLAGS* for details.
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** --change-name
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change the basename of the message file when moving; this can be useful when
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using some external tools such as *mbsync(1)* which otherwise get confused
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** --update-dups
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update the flags of duplicate messages too, where "duplicate messages" are
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defined as all message that share the same message-id. Note that the
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Draft/Flagged/Trashed flags are deliberately _not_ changed if you change those on
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the source message.
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** --dry-run,-n
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print the target filename(s), but don't change anything.
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Note that with the ~--change-name~, the target name is not constant, so you cannot
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use a dry-run to predict the exact name when doing a `real' run.
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#+include: "common-options.inc" :minlevel 1
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* FLAGS
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(Note: if you are not familiar with Maildirs, please refer to the *maildir(5)*
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man-page, or see http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html)
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The message flags specify the Maildir-metadata for a message and are represented
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by uppercase letters at the end of the message file name for all `non-new'
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messages, i.e. messages that live in the ~cur/~ sub-directory of a Maildir.
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#+ATTR_MAN: :disable-caption t
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| Flag | Meaning |
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|------+------------------------------------|
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| D | Draft message |
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| F | Flagged message |
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| P | Passed message (i.e., `forwarded') |
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| R | Replied message |
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| S | Seen message |
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| T | Trashed; to be deleted later |
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New messages (in the ~new/~ sub-directory) do not have flags encoded in their
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file-name; but we *mu* uses `N' in the ~--flags~ to represent that:
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#+ATTR_MAN: :disable-caption t
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| Flag | Meaning |
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|------+---------|
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| N | New |
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Thus, changing flags means changing the letters at the end of the message
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file-name, except when setting or removing the `N' (new) flag. Setting or
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un-setting the New flag causes the message is to be moved from ~cur/~ to ~new/~ or
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vice-versa, respectively. When marking a message as New, it looses the other
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flags.
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* ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE FLAGS
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You can specify the flags with the ~--flags~ parameter, and do either with either
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*absolute* or *relative* flags.
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Absolute flags just specify the new flags by their letters; e.g. to specify a
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/Trashed/, /Seen/, /Replied/ message, you'd use ~--flags STR~.
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#+end_example
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Relative flags are relative to the current flags for some message, and each of
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the flags is prefixed with either ~+~ ("add this flag") or ~-~ ("remove this flag").
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So to add the /Seen/ flag and remove the /Draft/ flag from whatever the message
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already has, ~--flags +S-D~.
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You cannot combine relative and relative flags.
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* EXAMPLES
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** change some flags
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#+begin_example
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$ mu move /home/user/Maildir/inbox/cur/1695559560.a73985881f4611ac2.hostname!2,S --flags +F
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/home/user/Maildir/inbox/cur/1695559560.a73985881f4611ac2.hostname!2,FS
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#+end_example
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** move to a different maildir
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#+begin_example
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$ mu move /home/user/Maildir/project1/cur/1695559560.a73985881f4611ac2.hostname!2,S /project2
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/home/user/Maildir/project2/cur/1695559560.a73985881f4611ac2.hostname!2,S
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#+end_example
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#+include: "prefooter.inc" :minlevel 1
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* SEE ALSO
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*maildir(5)*
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