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| author | jkoshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-11-08 03:54:37 +0000 |
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| committer | jkoshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-11-08 03:54:37 +0000 |
| commit | 8d9b08ce74c44877df5cffc86df9ec38db7a2f1b (patch) | |
| tree | d6bc08d2c99eac8dbed4dd89c575a4aa7576f462 /usr.bin/mail | |
| parent | 4cd2b5b992572f267f8046fd398a4bc00fdb562e (diff) | |
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Document startup behaviour of mail(1).
PR: docs/1577
Submitted by: Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com>
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diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 index 7109ef4..a76a190 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 |
