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From: jrs@cbnews.att.com (jeff.sherota)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Forwarding mail in mailx
Keywords: mailx, forwarding, system v
Message-ID: <1991Mar4.171133.23359@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 4 Mar 91 17:11:33 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.011151.18870@csun.edu> <1991Feb28.230549.4003@kumr.lns.com> <446@jgaltstl.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <446@jgaltstl.UUCP> terry@jgaltstl.UUCP (terry linhardt) writes:

>      cd to /usr/mail (or /usr/spool/mail)
>      edit a file called 'tim'

If you edit your /usr/mail, don't you run the risk of losing any
mail that you receive while you edit (your edit's write will write
back over any new mail that you received while editing)?


Jeff Sherota
jrs@cbnews.att.com