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RMF

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: MH.6.8
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NAME

rmf - remove an MH folder

SYNOPSIS

rmf [+folder][-interactive] [-nointeractive][-help]

DESCRIPTION

Rmf removes all of the messages (files) within the specified(or default) folder,and then removes the folder (directory) itself.If there are any files within the folder which are not a part of MH,they will not be removed, and an error will be produced.If the folder is given explicitly or the `-nointeractive' option is given,then the folder will be removed without confirmation.Otherwise, the user will be asked for confirmation.If rmf can't find the current folder, for some reason,the folder to be removed defaults to `+inbox' (unless overridden byuser's profile entry ``Inbox'') with confirmation.

Rmf irreversibly deletes messages that don't have other links,so use it with caution.

If the folder being removed is a subfolder, the parentfolder will become the new current folder, and rmf willproduce a message telling the user this has happened.This provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages,operating on the list, then removing the list and returning tothe current folder from which the list was extracted.

Rmf of a read-only folder will delete the private sequenceand cur information(i.e., ``atr-seq-folder'' entries)from the profile without affecting the folder itself.^$HOME/.mh_profile~^The user profile^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory^Current-Folder:~^To find the default current folder^Inbox:~^To find the default inboxrmm(1)`+folder' defaults to the current folder, usually with confirmation`-interactive' if +folder' not given, `-nointeractive' otherwiseRmf will set the current folder to the parent folder if asubfolder is removed; or if the current folder is removed,it will make ``inbox'' current.Otherwise, it doesn't change thecurrent folder or message.Although intuitively one would suspect that rmf works recursively,it does not.Hence if you have a sub-folder within a folder,in order to rmf the parent,you must first rmf each of the children.

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