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From: jdpeek@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU (Jerry Peek)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: scanning packf(1) file checks current folder too: feature or bug?
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Date: 6 Sep 90 12:53:08 GMT
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The MH 6.7 changes document says that:

          scan      With the `-file msgbox' switch, scan  can  list  a
                    packf'd-format file directly (without using msh).

And it works great for things like checking the incoming mail.
But it also seems to check the current folder -- and only work if the
current folder has some messages in it:

	% folder
			HANDLE+ has   no messages.
	% scan -file /usr/spool/mail/jdpeek
	scan: no messages in HANDLE
	% folder +inbox
			 inbox+ has   27 messages (   1-  36);    (others).
	% scan -file /usr/spool/mail/jdpeek
	   1  09/06 James Reeves       Tilde<<I have been looking around
	   2  09/06 C Super User       Output from "cron" command<<Your
	   3  09/06 C Super User       Output from "cron" command<<Your
	   4  09/06 To:jdpeek          a test<<this is a test >>

Is that a feature or a bug?

--Jerry Peek; Syracuse University Academic Computing Services; Syracuse, NY
  jdpeek@rodan.acs.syr.edu, JDPEEK@SUNRISE.BITNET        +1 315 443-3995