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authormarkm <markm@FreeBSD.org>1995-11-20 20:51:42 +0000
committermarkm <markm@FreeBSD.org>1995-11-20 20:51:42 +0000
commit67ceb139589574905648ea7311c2c0c1d69c1c1d (patch)
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parentcc094780c5b3974b458bc0701ae62f3d3280b800 (diff)
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Correct the man pages, USD doc and online help to refer to /var/mail
instead of {usr|var}/spool/mail
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/mail')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail1.nr4
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail5.nr2
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail6.nr2
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail8.nr2
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mail/mail.14
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mail/misc/mail.help2
6 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail1.nr b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail1.nr
index bbb920d..50e7883 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail1.nr
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail1.nr
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ waiting in your system mailbox. If you are a
.i csh
user, you will be notified when new mail arrives if you inform
the shell of the location of your mailbox. On version 7 systems,
-your system mailbox is located in the directory /usr/spool/mail
+your system mailbox is located in the directory /var/mail
in a file with your login name. If your login name is
.q sam,
then you can make
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ then you can make
notify you of new mail by including the following line in your .cshrc
file:
.(l
-set mail=/usr/spool/mail/sam
+set mail=/var/mail/sam
.)l
When you read your mail using
.i Mail ,
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail5.nr b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail5.nr
index b70ce95..87f0acf 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail5.nr
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail5.nr
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ to truncate your system mailbox instead of deleting it when it
is empty. This is useful if you elect to protect your mailbox, which
you would do with the shell command:
.(l
-chmod 600 /usr/spool/mail/yourname
+chmod 600 /var/mail/yourname
.)l
where
.i yourname
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail6.nr b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail6.nr
index e016234..b62f8c5 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail6.nr
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail6.nr
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ mail instead of your own. Unwitting others often neglect to protect
their mailboxes, but discretion is advised. Essentially,
.b "\-u user"
is a shorthand way of doing
-.b "\-f /usr/spool/mail/user".
+.b "\-f /var/mail/user".
.ip "\-v"
Use the
.b \-v
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail8.nr b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail8.nr
index e8e056b..b09afbd 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail8.nr
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail8.nr
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ A collection of messages. Often used in the phrase,
.q "Have you read your mail?"
.ip "\fImailbox\fP"
The place where your mail is stored, typically in the directory
-/usr/spool/mail.
+/var/mail.
.ip "\fImessage\fP"
A single letter from someone, initially stored in your
.i mailbox .
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index 376af05..994388f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ writes undeleted messages back to this file.
.It Fl u
Is equivalent to:
.Pp
-.Dl mail -f /var/spool/mail/user
+.Dl mail -f /var/mail/user
.El
.Ss Sending mail
To send a message to one or more people,
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ and
environment variables.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/Mail.help* -compact
-.It Pa /var/spool/mail/*
+.It Pa /var/mail/*
Post office.
.It ~/mbox
User's old mail.
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/misc/mail.help b/usr.bin/mail/misc/mail.help
index d5858c5..f5c5dd2 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/misc/mail.help
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/misc/mail.help
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ s <message list> file append messages to file
u <message list> undelete messages
R <message list> reply to message senders
r <message list> reply to message senders and all recipients
-pre <message list> make messages go back to /usr/spool/mail
+pre <message list> make messages go back to /var/mail
m <user list> mail to specific users
q quit, saving unresolved messages in mbox
x quit, do not remove system mailbox
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