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2002-03-19 12:20:01 +0000
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Sam Roberts
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@@ -30,30 +30,38 @@ inconvenient to specify them in the command line each time you run
a
mailutils
utility
.
The
@dfn
{
configuration
files
}
provide
a
way
to
add
default
command
line
arguments
without
having
to
type
them
in
the
command
line
.
Upon
startup
,
each
mailutils
utility
scans
and
processes
the
contents
of
the
two
startup
files
:
the
site
-
wide
configuration
file
@file
{
mailutils
.
rc
}
and
user
-
specific
configuration
file
@file
{.
mailutils
}.
The
site
-
wide
configuration
file
is
searched
processes
the
contents
of
the
three
startup
files
:
the
site
-
wide
configuration
file
@file
{
mailutils
.
rc
},
the
user
-
specific
configuration
file
@file
{.
mailutils
},
and
the
program
-
specific
configuration
file
@file
{.
<
program
>
rc
}.
The
site
-
wide
configuration
file
is
searched
in
your
system
configuration
directory
(
usually
,
@file
{
/
etc
}
or
@file
{
/
usr
/
local
/
etc
}),
the
user
-
specific
configuration
file
is
searched
in
user
home
directory
.
@file
{
/
usr
/
local
/
etc
}),
the
user
-
specific
and
program
-
specific
configuration
files
are
searched
in
the
user
'
s
home
directory
.
Both
files
have
simple
line
-
oriented
syntax
.
Comments
begin
with
the
These
files
have
simple
line
-
oriented
syntax
.
Comments
begin
with
the
pound
sign
(
@samp
{
#
})
and
extend
through
the
end
of
the
line
@footnote
{
If
@samp
{
#
}
is
not
the
first
character
on
the
line
,
it
should
be
separated
from
the
previous
word
by
any
amount
of
whitespace
.}.
Very
long
lines
may
be
split
across
several
lines
by
escaping
final
newline
with
a
backslash
(
@samp
{
\
})
character
.
Any
non
-
comment
line
starts
with
a
@dfn
{
tag
}.
A
tag
is
either
a
name
of
a
particular
mailutils
utility
or
@dfn
{
option
group
},
prefixed
with
colon
(
@samp
{
:
}).
The
command
line
options
common
for
several
mailutils
programs
are
divided
into
@dfn
{
option
groups
}
or
@dfn
{
capabilities
},
e
.
g
.
the
options
@option
{
--
maildir
}
and
@option
{
--
license
}
form
group
@samp
{
mailutils
}.
These
groups
are
discussed
in
detail
below
.
When
processing
the
configuration
file
,
a
mailutils
utility
selects
those
lines
,
whose
tag
is
either
the
name
of
that
utility
or
the
name
of
the
option
group
supported
by
it
.
For
each
line
found
,
its
tag
In
the
non
-
program
-
specific
configuration
files
,
any
non
-
comment
line
must
start
with
a
@dfn
{
tag
}.
In
the
program
-
specific
configuration
file
the
tag
must
not
be
present
,
all
options
are
for
the
specific
program
.
A
tag
is
either
a
name
of
a
particular
mailutils
utility
or
@dfn
{
option
group
},
prefixed
with
colon
(
@samp
{
:
}).
The
command
line
options
common
for
several
mailutils
programs
are
divided
into
@dfn
{
option
groups
}
or
@dfn
{
capabilities
},
e
.
g
.
the
options
@option
{
--
maildir
}
and
@option
{
--
license
}
form
group
@samp
{
mailutils
}.
These
groups
are
discussed
in
detail
below
.
When
processing
the
non
-
program
-
specific
configuration
files
(
@file
{
mailutils
.
rc
}
and
@file
{.
mailutils
}),
a
mailutils
utility
selects
those
lines
whose
tag
is
either
the
name
of
that
utility
or
the
name
of
the
option
group
supported
by
it
.
In
the
program
-
specific
configuration
file
,
all
lines
are
selected
.
For
each
line
found
,
its
tag
(
if
present
)
is
stripped
away
,
and
the
rest
of
the
line
is
split
up
into
words
.
These
words
are
regarded
as
command
line
options
and
are
inserted
to
the
program
arguments
@emph
{
before
}
any
options
from
the
command
line
.
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