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135 lines
4.0 KiB
Groff
.TH MU MV 1 "August 2011" "User Manuals"
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.SH NAME
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mu mv\- move a message file to a Maildir
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B mu mv [--flags=<flags>] [--printtarget] <source-path> [<target-maildir>]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBmu mv\fR is the \fBmu\fR sub-command for moving mail files to new
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directories. It does \fBnot\fR use the mu database. The command is
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deliberately limited and tries hard to maintain the Maildir-integrity and to
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minimize chance of accidents
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The \fIsource-path\fR must be a full, absolute path to the message you want to
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move, while the \fItarget-maildir\fR is the path to the maildir, but
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\fBwithout\fR the 'cur' or 'new' part - that part will be constructed from the
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source message, so that message that live in 'new' will also be in 'new' in
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the target, and the same for 'cur'. If needed, consult the \fBmaildir(5)\fR
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documentation for details about 'cur' and 'new'.
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As a special case, when \fI/dev/null\fR is specified as the target directory,
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the mail file will be unlinked (deleted).
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Note, unlike the UNIX \fImv\fR command, \fImu mv\fR takes precisely one source
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message parameter. It's recommended not to use wildcards on the shell, as the
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result may be unexpected.
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Also note, \fBmu mv\fR only updates the file system; it does \fBnot\fR update
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the database. To update the database, there is \fBmu index(1)\fR or \fBmu add\fR
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and \fBmu remove\fR.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-\-flags\fR=\fI<flags>\fR
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using the this option, you can change the file flags of the target file. If
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you change the 'N' (new) flag, this will also change the exact target
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directory ('new' vs 'cur').
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The flags is a sequence of characters from the set D (draft), F (flagged), N
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(new), P (passed), R (replied), S (seen) and T (trashed). Note, the
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flags-parameter is case-sensitive. Any other characters will be silently
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ignored.
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The \fB\-\-flags\fR also has a second, 'delta', syntax. In this syntax, each
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of the flag characters is prefixed with either '+' or '-', which means that
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the corresponding flag will be added or removed. Using this syntax, you can
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change individual flags, without changing all of them.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-print-target\fR
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return the target path on standard output upon succesful completion of the
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move (with or without a succesful database update).
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.TP
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\fB\-\-ignore-dups\fR
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silently ignore the case where the source file is the same as the target.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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To move a message \fI/home/jimbo/Maildir/scuba/cur/123123123:2,S\fR to
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\fI/home/jimbo/Maildir/archive\fR, you can use:
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.nf
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mu mv /home/jimbo/Maildir/scuba/cur/123123123:2,S /home/jimbo/Maildir/archive
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.fi
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This will move the message to the new path:
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\fI/home/jimbo/Maildir/archive/cur/123123123:2,S\fR.
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To remove a message \fI/home/fred/Maildir/trash/cur/123123123:2,S\fR, you
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could do:
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.nf
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mu mv /home/fred/Maildir/trash/cur/123123123:2,S /dev/null
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.fi
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Obviously, you could also simply use \fBrm\fR in this case.
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To mark a message as no longer new and 'Seen', and update the database
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afterwards, you could do:
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.nf
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mu mv /home/roger/Maildir/inbox/new/123123123 /home/roger/Maildir/inbox/ --flags=S
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.fi
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In this case, as we are not moving the message to a diffent maildir, we can
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leave off the maildir-argument; so the following is equivalent:
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.nf
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mu mv /home/roger/Maildir/inbox/new/123123123 --flags=S
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.fi
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Finally, using the 'delta'-syntax, you can set the 'seen'-flag
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and 'replied'-flag while removing the 'new' flag with:
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mu mv /home/billy/Maildir/inbox/new/12aa34343 --flags=+S+R-N
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.fi
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which would give us a new file:
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\fI/home/billy/Maildir/inbox/cur/12aa34343:2,SR\fR
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.SH LIMITATIONS
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Both source-path and target-directory must be on the same disk partition,
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except when the target-directory is \fI/dev/null\fR.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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\fBmu mv\fR returns 0 upon success, and some other value when an error
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occurs. See \fBmu(1)\fR for a list.
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.SH BUGS
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Please report bugs if you find them:
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.BR http://code.google.com/p/mu0/issues/list
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.SH AUTHOR
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Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR maildir(5)
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.BR mu(1)
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.BR mu-index(1)
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.BR mu-add(1)
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.BR mu-remove(1)
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.BR chmod(1)
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