rmf(1mh)rmf(1mh)Namermf - remove folder
Syntaxrmf [ +folder ] [ -help ] [ -[no]interactive ]
Description
The command removes all of the messages within the current folder, and
then removes the folder itself. If there are any files within the
folder which are not part of MH, they are not removed, and an error
message is displayed.
You can specify a folder other than the current folder by using the
+folder argument. If you do not specify a folder, and cannot find the
current folder, asks you whether you want to delete instead.
If the current folder is removed, it makes current.
Note that the command irreversibly deletes messages that do not have
other links, so use it with caution.
If the folder being removed is a sub-folder, the parent folder becomes
the new current folder, and tells you that this has happened. This
provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating
on the list, then removing the list and returning to the current folder
from which the list was extracted.
Using to delete a read-only folder deletes the private sequence and
current message information from the file, without affecting the folder
itself. If you have sub-folders within a folder, you must delete all
the sub-folders before you can delete the folder itself.
Options-help Prints a list of the valid options to this command.
-interactive
-nointeractive
Asks for confirmation before deleting a folder. By default,
deletes a folder and its messages without asking for confir‐
mation. If you specify the -interactive option, asks if you
are sure before deleting the folder. You are advised to use
this option, since when deletes a folder its contents are
lost irretrievably.
Examples
This example shows how asks for confirmation when the -interactive
option is used:
% rmf-interactive +test
Remove folder "test"? y
Profile Components
Path: To determine the user's Mail directory
Files
The user profile.
See Alsormm(1mh)rmf(1mh)
