HP UX Operating Systems 260

elm(1)elm(1)

Subject: this is a test

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...invokes editor, you compose message, then...

Your options now are:

a)ttachments e)dit message edit h)eader s)end it f)orget it.

What is your choice? s mail sent!

If you "forget" the message, it is saved in $HOME/Canceled.mail.

File Mode with Redirection

To send a ®le by use of command-line redirection, use a command like:

$ elm j_doe < help.c

which reads ®le help.c and sends it with the default subject.

File Mode with a Pipe

To mail the output of a command and include a subject line:

$ ls -a elm -s "Directory Listing" j_doe

WARNINGS

Using two separate mail programs to access the same mail ®le simultaneously (usually inadvertently from two separate windows) can cause unpredictable results.

AUTHOR

elm was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.

FILES	Directory for the user's elm alias, con®guration, header,
$HOME/.elm	Directory for the user's elm alias, con®guration, header,
	and other ®les
$HOME/.elm/aliases	User alias database data table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.dir	User alias database directory table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.pag	User alias database hash table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.text	User alias source text
$HOME/.elm/elmheaders	User-de®ned additional headers
$HOME/.elm/elmrc	User con®guration ®le
$HOME/Canceled.mail	Canceled message in noninteractive use.
/tmp/alias. pid	Temporary ®le for deleting alias
/tmp/form.pid	Editor buffer for forms message
/tmp/mbox.loginname	Temporary mailbox for user logname
/tmp/print. pid	Temporary ®le for printing message
/tmp/snd.pid	Outgoing mail message edit buffer
/tmp/sndh.pid	Outgoing mail header edit buffer
/usr/lib/nls/msg/C/elm.cat	Location of the message catalog
/usr/share/lib/elm/elmrc-info	Comment ®le for $HOME/.elm/elmrc ®le
/var/mail	Directory for incoming mail;
	it must have mode 755 and group ID mail
/var/mail/.elm	Directory for elm mailer system aliases
/var/mail/.elm/aliases	System alias database data table
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.dir	System alias database directory table
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.pag	System alias database hash table
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.text	System alias source text
/var/mail/loginname	Incoming mailbox for user;
	it must have mode 660 and group ID mail
/var/mail/loginname.lock	Lock for mail directory