From 0292afe82df2cb27211a67205636dd0ea9c3d024 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: charnier Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:49:48 +0000 Subject: Show arguments of command line options Reviewed by: ru --- usr.bin/mail/mail.1 | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.bin') diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 index 24ad045..037206c 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 +++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ is an intelligent mail processing system, which has a command syntax reminiscent of .Xr ed 1 with lines replaced by messages. +.Pp +The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl v Verbose mode. @@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ particularly useful when using .Nm on noisy phone lines. .It Fl I -Forces +Force .Nm to run in interactive mode even when input is not a terminal. @@ -87,27 +89,35 @@ In particular, the special character when sending mail is only active in interactive mode. .It Fl n -Inhibits reading the system-wide +Inhibit reading the system-wide .Pa mail.rc files upon startup. .It Fl N -Inhibits the initial display of message headers +Inhibit the initial display of message headers when reading mail or editing a mail folder. -.It Fl s -Specify subject on command line. +.It Fl s Ar subject +Specify +.Ar subject +on command line. (Only the first argument after the .Fl s flag is used as a subject; be careful to quote subjects containing spaces.) -.It Fl c +.It Fl c Ar cc-addr Send carbon copies to .Ar cc-addr list of users. -.It Fl b +The +.Ar cc-addr +argument should be a comma-separated list of names. +.It Fl b Ar bcc-addr Send blind carbon copies to -.Ar bcc-addr . -List should be a comma-separated list of names. -.It Fl f +.Ar bcc-addr +list of users. +The +.Ar bcc-addr +argument should be a comma-separated list of names. +.It Fl f Op Ar mbox Read in the contents of your .Pa mbox (or the specified file) @@ -808,7 +818,7 @@ Add the given names to the direct recipient list. .It Ic ~v Invoke an alternative editor (defined by the .Ev VISUAL -option) on the +environment variable) on the message collected so far. Usually, the alternative editor will be a screen editor. -- cgit v1.1