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Old 02-18-2010
Question Emulating rm command

I just need to edit the "rm" command such that it should move all the files / directories to particular folder instead of deleting.

Its regarding my dessertation work , started working on the source code coreutils/src/rm , can any one guide mw to create a new source code for "rm " such that it should move all the files / dir to a particulat folder instead of deleting.

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 02-18-2010 at 03:42 PM.. Reason: Closed - homework question
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Name
       prev - show the previous message

Syntax
       prev [ +folder ] [ -[no]header ] [ -help ] [ -showproc program ] [ -noshowproc ] [ options to ]

Description
       The command displays the previous message in the current folder.  The previous message is the one before the current message in the folder.
       The message that is shown becomes the current message.

       You can specify a folder other than the current folder by using the +folder argument.  If you specify a folder, that  becomes  the  current
       folder.

Options
       -header
       -noheader Displays  a  one-line	header before the message.  The header consists of the name of the folder and the message number.  This is
		 the default behavior.	It can be suppressed with the -noheader option.

       -help	 Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

       -showproc program [ options ]
       -noshowproc
		 Specifies an alternative program to list messages.  The default is to use the program defined by the showproc: entry in the file.
		 As with you can give options to the program at the command line.  These are passed directly to by

       The defaults for this command are:

	      +folder defaults to the current folder
	      -header

Restrictions
       The  command  is  really  a  link  to  the program.  As a result, if you make a link to and that link is not called your link will act like
       instead.  To avoid this, add a profile-entry for the link to your MH profile and add the argument to the entry.

Examples
       The command in the following example displays the previous message in the folder
       $ prev +copylog

Profile Components
       Path:	   To determine your Mail directory
       showproc:   Program to show the message

Files
       The user profile.

See Also
       show(1mh), next(1mh)

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