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MHPATH(1)						MHPATH(1)

NAME
       mhpath - print full pathnames of nmh messages and folders

SYNOPSIS
       mhpath [+folder] [msgs] [-version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION
       Mhpath  expands	and  sorts  the	 message  list `msgs' and
       writes the full pathnames of the messages to the	 standard
       output separated by newlines.  If no `msgs' are specified,
       mhpath outputs the folder pathname instead.  If	the  only
       argument is `+', your nmh Path is output; this can be use-
       ful is shell scripts.

       Contrasted with other nmh commands, a message argument  to
       mhpath  may  often  be  intended	 for writing.  Because of
       this:

       1) the name "new" has  been  added  to  mhpath's	 list  of
       reserved	 message  names	 (the others are "first", "last",
       "prev", "next", "cur", and "all").   The	 new  message  is
       equivalent  to  the  message  after  the last message in a
       folder (and equivalent to 1 in a folder without messages).
       The  "new"  message  may	 not be used as part of a message
       range.

       2) Within a message list, the following	designations  may
       refer to messages that do not exist: a single numeric mes-
       sage name, the single message name "cur", and  (obviously)
       the single message name "new".  All other message designa-
       tions must refer to at least one existing message.

       3) An empty folder is not in itself an error.

       Message numbers greater than the highest existing  message
       in  a  folder  as part of a range designation are replaced
       with the next free message number.

       Examples: The current folder foo contains messages 3 5  6.
       Cur is 4.

	    % mhpath
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo

	    % mhpath all
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/3
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6

	    % mhpath 2001
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/7

	    % mhpath 1-2001
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/3

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	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6

	    % mhpath new
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/7

	    % mhpath last new
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/6
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/7

	    % mhpath last-new
	    bad message list "last-new".

	    % mhpath cur
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/4

	    % mhpath 1-2
	    no messages in range "1-2".

	    % mhpath first:2
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/3
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/5

	    % mhpath 1 2
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/1
	    /r/phyl/Mail/foo/2

       mhpath is also useful in back-quoted operations:

	    % cd `mhpath +inbox`

	    % echo `mhpath +`
	    /r/phyl/Mail

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

SEE ALSO
       folder(1)

DEFAULTS
       `+folder' defaults to the current folder
       `msgs' defaults to none

CONTEXT
       None

BUGS
       Like  all  nmh  commands, mhpath expands and sorts [msgs].
       So don't expect

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MHPATH(1)						MHPATH(1)

	    mv `mhpath 501 500`

       to move 501 to 500.  Quite the reverse.	But

	    mv `mhpath 501` `mhpath 500`

       will do the trick.

       Out of range message 0 is treated far more  severely  than
       large out of range message numbers.

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