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authoryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2005-10-07 10:16:41 +0000
committeryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2005-10-07 10:16:41 +0000
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Document the -d flag to mail(1) better, which comes handy when
you want to see, e.g., sendmail arguments mail(1) will use. -H is not an independent flag, it's a modifier. Also explicitly say that -H will cause mail(1) to exit as soon as it prints the headers. MFC after: 5 days
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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mail/mail.121
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index bf2873b..5c9df08 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
.Nd send and receive mail
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl EiInv
+.Op Fl dEiInv
.Op Fl s Ar subject
.Op Fl c Ar cc-addr
.Op Fl b Ar bcc-addr
@@ -50,19 +50,18 @@
.Ar to-addr ...
.Op Fl Ar sendmail-option ...
.Nm
-.Op Fl EHiInNv
+.Op Fl dEHiInNv
.Op Fl F
.Fl f
.Op Ar name
.Nm
-.Op Fl EHiInNv
+.Op Fl dEHiInNv
.Op Fl F
.Op Fl u Ar user
.Nm
+.Op Fl d
.Fl e
.Op Fl f Ar name
-.Nm
-.Op Fl H
.Sh INTRODUCTION
The
.Nm
@@ -77,6 +76,11 @@ The following options are available:
Verbose mode.
The details of
delivery are displayed on the user's terminal.
+.It Fl d
+Debugging mode.
+See the
+.Va debug
+mail option for details.
.It Fl e
Test for the presence of mail in the (by default, system)
mailbox.
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ An exit status of 0 is returned if
it has mail; otherwise, an exit status
of 1 is returned.
.It Fl H
-Write a header summary only.
+Write a header summary only, then exit.
.It Fl E
Do not send messages with an empty body.
This is useful for piping errors from
@@ -978,6 +982,11 @@ on the command line and causes
.Nm
to output all sorts of information useful for debugging
.Nm .
+In case
+.Nm
+is invoked in this mode to send mail, all preparations
+will be performed and reported about, but the mail will
+not be actually sent.
Default is
.Va nodebug .
.It Va dot
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