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mu-remove

MU-REMOVE(1)						      General Commands Manual						      MU-REMOVE(1)

NAME

       mu_remove -  remove one or more messages to the database

SYNOPSIS

       mu remove <file> [<files>]

DESCRIPTION

       mu remove removes specific messages from the database, each of them specified by their filename. The files do not have to exist (anymore).

OPTIONS

       mu remove does not have its own options, but the general options for determining the location of the database (--muhome) are available. See
       mu-index(1) for more information.

RETURN VALUE

       mu remove returns 0 upon success; in general, the following error codes are returned:

       | code | meaning 			  |
       |------+-----------------------------------|
       |    0 | ok				  |
       |    1 | general error			  |
       |    5 | some database update error	  |

BUGS

       Please report bugs if you find them: http://code.google.com/p/mu0/issues/list

AUTHOR

       Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>

SEE ALSO

       mu(1) mu-index(1) mu-add(1)

User Manuals							   October 2011 						      MU-REMOVE(1)

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