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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)