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1 | .TH maildir2mbox 1 |
| 2 | .SH NAME | |
| 3 | maildir2mbox \- move mail from a maildir to an mbox | |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 5 | .B maildir2mbox | |
| 6 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 7 | .B maildir2mbox | |
| 8 | moves mail from a | |
| 9 | .IR maildir -format | |
| 10 | directory to an | |
| 11 | .IR mbox -format | |
| 12 | file. | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | You must supply three environment variables to | |
| 15 | .BR maildir2mbox : | |
| 16 | .B MAILDIR | |
| 17 | is the name of your | |
| 18 | .I maildir | |
| 19 | directory; | |
| 20 | .B MAIL | |
| 21 | is the name of your | |
| 22 | .I mbox | |
| 23 | file; | |
| 24 | and | |
| 25 | .B MAILTMP | |
| 26 | is a temporary file that | |
| 27 | .B maildir2mbox | |
| 28 | can overwrite. | |
| 29 | .B MAILTMP | |
| 30 | and | |
| 31 | .B MAIL | |
| 32 | must be on the same filesystem. | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | .B maildir2mbox | |
| 35 | is reliable: | |
| 36 | it will not remove messages | |
| 37 | from | |
| 38 | .B MAILDIR | |
| 39 | until the messages have been successfully appended to | |
| 40 | .BR MAIL . | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | .B maildir2mbox | |
| 43 | locks | |
| 44 | .B MAIL | |
| 45 | to protect against simultaneous access by a mail reader. | |
| 46 | This locking system does not protect against simultaneous access | |
| 47 | by another | |
| 48 | .BR maildir2mbox ; | |
| 49 | you should run only one | |
| 50 | .B maildir2mbox | |
| 51 | at a time. | |
| 52 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 53 | maildir(5) |