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)
