Command Reference Guide

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elm(1) elm(1)
Subject: this is a test
Copies To: ...
...invokes editor, you compose message, then...
Your options now are:
a)ttachments e)dit message edit h)eader s)end it f)orget it.
What is your choice? s
mail sent!
If you "forget" the message, it is saved in $HOME/Canceled.mail.
File Mode with Redirection
To send a file by use of command-line redirection, use a command like:
$ elm j_doe < help.c
which reads file help.c and sends it with the default subject.
File Mode with a Pipe
To mail the output of a command and include a subject line:
$ ls -a | elm -s "Directory Listing" j_doe
WARNINGS
Using two separate mail programs to access the same mail file simultaneously (usually inadvertently from
two separate windows) can cause unpredictable results.
AUTHOR
elm was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.
FILES
$HOME/.elm Directory for the user’s elm alias, configuration, header,
and other files
$HOME/.elm/aliases
User alias database data table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.dir
User alias database directory table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.pag
User alias database hash table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.text
User alias source text
$HOME/.elm/elmheaders
User-defined additional headers
$HOME/.elm/elmrc User configuration file
$HOME/Canceled.mail
Canceled message in noninteractive use.
/tmp/alias. pid Temporary file for deleting alias
/tmp/form.pid Editor buffer for forms message
/tmp/mbox.loginname Temporary mailbox for user logname
/tmp/print. pid Temporary file for printing message
/tmp/snd.pid Outgoing mail message edit buffer
/tmp/sndh.pid Outgoing mail header edit buffer
/usr/lib/nls/msg/C/elm.cat Location of the message catalog
/usr/share/lib/elm/elmrc-info
Comment file for $HOME/.elm/elmrc file
/var/mail Directory for incoming mail;
it must have mode 755 and group ID mail
/var/mail/.elm
Directory for elm
mailer system aliases
/var/mail/.elm/aliases
System alias database data table
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.dir
System alias database directory table
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.pag System alias databasehash table
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.text System alias source text
/var/mail/loginname Incoming mailbox for user;
it must have mode 660 and group ID mail
/var/mail/
loginname.lock Lock for mail directory
SEE ALSO
answer(1), chfn(1), elmalias(1), fastmail(1), finger(1), mailfrom(1), newalias(1), newmail(1), readmail(1),
vi(1), sendmail(1M), passwd(4), terminfo(4), environ(5).
RFC 821 "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)"
Section 1−−232 − 29 − HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000
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