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| author | John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> | 2012-06-01 18:58:45 -0700 |
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| committer | John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> | 2012-06-01 18:58:45 -0700 |
| commit | b732a73bc773789894466b0e5320b2f1fe42c7e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 385358983f064a1f10a5080b33a3ba13010886db /maildir2mbox.1 | |
| parent | 634d365a03cb0581a062cd3cf4db9ae69f1cde26 (diff) | |
original, as downloaded from http://www.qmail.org/netqmail-1.06.tar.gz
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diff --git a/maildir2mbox.1 b/maildir2mbox.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31423d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/maildir2mbox.1 @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +.TH maildir2mbox 1 +.SH NAME +maildir2mbox \- move mail from a maildir to an mbox +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B maildir2mbox +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B maildir2mbox +moves mail from a +.IR maildir -format +directory to an +.IR mbox -format +file. + +You must supply three environment variables to +.BR maildir2mbox : +.B MAILDIR +is the name of your +.I maildir +directory; +.B MAIL +is the name of your +.I mbox +file; +and +.B MAILTMP +is a temporary file that +.B maildir2mbox +can overwrite. +.B MAILTMP +and +.B MAIL +must be on the same filesystem. + +.B maildir2mbox +is reliable: +it will not remove messages +from +.B MAILDIR +until the messages have been successfully appended to +.BR MAIL . + +.B maildir2mbox +locks +.B MAIL +to protect against simultaneous access by a mail reader. +This locking system does not protect against simultaneous access +by another +.BR maildir2mbox ; +you should run only one +.B maildir2mbox +at a time. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +maildir(5) |