MEWLS(1)						      General Commands Manual							  MEWLS(1)

NAME

       mewls - Message scanner for Mew

SYNOPSIS

       mewls [options] [folder [range]]

DESCRIPTION

       The  mewls utility extracts necessary fields from messages stored in folders.  This command is necessary for Mew to implement the asynchro-
       nous feature.

       The options are as follows:

       -a      Print all necessary fields when picking.

       -b dir  Set the Mail home to dir.

       -c dir  Set the News home to dir.

       -d field
	       Set th field to be extracted to field.

       -e command
	       Specify an external command to fetch mailbox.

       -m options
	       Specify options for command.

       -f fields
	       Specify fields to display.

       -h      Display this help message.

       -i file Set the input stream to file.

       -l length
	       Set the field max length to be extracted to length.  The default value is 3. 0 means no limit.

       -n      Don't use fstat().

       -p pattern
	       Specify the pick pattern.

       -s src  Set message source to src : '+folder range'.

       -w time Set the wait_for timer to timer (microsecond).

       -v      Display the version.

	       Definitions of the symbols above are as follows:

       range   N | [start]-[end] | last:N

       pattern 'key=val' | 'key!=val' | '!<pattern>' | '(<pattern>)' | '<pattern>&<pattern>' | '<pattern>|<pattern>'

BUGS

       If a field is long, only the beginning three lines are extracted by default.

								  March 17, 2001							  MEWLS(1)