man > rmf(1)

RMF(1mh)                                                                                    RMF(1mh)

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), rmm(1)

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)