# man > RMF(1mh)


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## NAME
       rmf - remove an nmh folder

## SYNOPSIS


       **rmf **[**-help**] [**-version**] [_+folder_] [**-interactive **| **-nointeractive**]

## DESCRIPTION
       **rmf  **removes  all  of the messages (files) within the specified (or default) folder, and then
       removes the folder (directory) itself.

       If there are any files within the folder which are not a part of **nmh**, they will  _not_  be  re‐
       moved,  and an error will be produced.  If the folder is given explicitly, or the **-nointerac‐**
       **tive **option is given, then the folder will be removed without confirmation.   Otherwise,  the
       user  will be asked for confirmation.  If **rmf **can't, for some reason, find the current folder
       the folder to be removed defaults to `+inbox' (unless overridden by the user's profile  entry
       “Inbox”), with confirmation.

       If  the  folder  being  removed is a subfolder, the parent folder will become the new current
       folder, and **rmf **will produce a message telling the user this has happened.  This provides  an
       easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list
       and returning to the current folder, from which the list was extracted.

       If  **rmf  **is  used  on a read-only folder, it will delete all the private sequences (i.e., .RI
       “atr- seq - folder ” entries) for this folder from your context without affecting the  folder
       itself.

       **rmf **irreversibly deletes messages that don't have other links, so use it with caution.

## FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile          The user profile

## PROFILE COMPONENTS
       Path:                To determine the user's nmh directory
       Current-Folder:      To find the default current folder
       Inbox:               To find the default inbox

## SEE ALSO
       [_folder_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/folder/1/markdown), [_rmm_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/rmm/1/markdown)

## DEFAULTS
       `**+folder**' defaults to the current folder, usually with confirmation
       `**-interactive**' if +folder' not given, `-nointeractive' otherwise

## CONTEXT
       **rmf  **will  set  the  current folder to the parent folder if a subfolder is removed; or if the
       current folder is removed, it will make “inbox” current.  Otherwise, it  doesn't  change  the
       current folder or message.

## BUGS
       Although  intuitively  one  would suspect that **rmf **works recursively, it does not.  Hence, if
       you have a sub-folder within a folder, in order to **rmf **the parent, you must first **rmf **each of
       the children.

nmh-1.8                                      1999-04-30                                     [_RMF_(1mh)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/RMF/1mh/markdown)