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diff --git a/mail.local/mail.local.8 b/mail.local/mail.local.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..661615c --- /dev/null +++ b/mail.local/mail.local.8 @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mail.local.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 +.\" +.Dd December 11, 1993 +.Dt MAIL.LOCAL 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mail.local +.Nd store mail in a mailbox +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm mail.local +.Op Fl f Ar from +.Ar user ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Mail.local +reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each +.Ar user's +.Pa mail +file. +The +.Ar user +must be a valid user name. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width xxxfrom +.It Fl f Ar from +Specify the sender's name. +.El +.Pp +Individual mail messages in the mailbox are delimited by an empty +line followed by a line beginning with the string ``From ''. +A line containing the string ``From '', the sender's name and a time stamp +is prepended to each delivered mail message. +A blank line is appended to each message. +A greater-than character (``>'') is prepended to any line in the message +which could be mistaken for a ``From '' delimiter line. +.Pp +The mail files are exclusively locked with +.Xr flock 2 +while mail is appended. +.Pp +If the ``biff'' service is returned by +.Xr getservbyname 3 , +the biff server is notified of delivered mail. +.Pp +The +.Nm mail.local +utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Ev TZ +Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /tmp/local.XXXXXX -compact +.It Pa /tmp/local.XXXXXX +temporary files +.It Pa /var/mail/user +user's mailbox directory +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mail 1 , +.Xr xsend 1 , +.Xr flock 2 , +.Xr getservbyname 3 , +.Xr comsat 8 , +.Xr sendmail 8 +.Sh HISTORY +A superset of +.Nm mail.local +(handling mailbox reading as well as mail delivery) +appeared in +.At v7 . +as the program +.Nm mail . |