MEWLSSection: User Commands (1)Updated: March 17, 2001 |
NAME
mewls - Message scanner for MewSYNOPSIS
mewls [options] [folder [range]]DESCRIPTION
The mewls utility extracts necessary fields from messages stored in folders. This command is necessary for Mew to implement the asynchronous feature.The options are as follows:
- -a
- Print all necessary fields when picking.
- -b dir
- Set the Mail home to dir.
- -c dir
- Set the News home to dir.
- -d field
- Set the field to be extracted to field.
- -e command
- Specify an external command to fetch mailbox.
- -m options
- Specify options for command.
- -f fields
- Specify fields to display.
- -h
- Display this help message.
- -i file
- Set the input stream to file.
- -l length
- Set the field max length to be extracted to length. The default value is 3. 0 means no limit.
- -n
- Don't use fstat().
- -p pattern
- Specify the pick pattern.
- -s src
- Set message source to src : '+folder range'.
- -w time
- Set the wait_for timer to timer (microsecond).
- -v
-
Display the version.
Definitions of the symbols above are as follows:
- range
- N | [start]-[end] | last:N
- pattern
-
'key=val' | 'key!=val' | '!<pattern>' | '(<pattern>)'
| '<pattern>&<pattern>' | '<pattern>|<pattern>'
BUGS
If a field is long, only the beginning three lines are extracted by default.