maildir2mbox.1 (905B)
1 .TH maildir2mbox 1 2 .SH NAME 3 maildir2mbox \- move mail from a maildir to an mbox 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 .B maildir2mbox 6 .SH DESCRIPTION 7 .B maildir2mbox 8 moves mail from a 9 .IR maildir -format 10 directory to an 11 .IR mbox -format 12 file. 13 14 You must supply three environment variables to 15 .BR maildir2mbox : 16 .B MAILDIR 17 is the name of your 18 .I maildir 19 directory; 20 .B MAIL 21 is the name of your 22 .I mbox 23 file; 24 and 25 .B MAILTMP 26 is a temporary file that 27 .B maildir2mbox 28 can overwrite. 29 .B MAILTMP 30 and 31 .B MAIL 32 must be on the same filesystem. 33 34 .B maildir2mbox 35 is reliable: 36 it will not remove messages 37 from 38 .B MAILDIR 39 until the messages have been successfully appended to 40 .BR MAIL . 41 42 .B maildir2mbox 43 locks 44 .B MAIL 45 to protect against simultaneous access by a mail reader. 46 This locking system does not protect against simultaneous access 47 by another 48 .BR maildir2mbox ; 49 you should run only one 50 .B maildir2mbox 51 at a time. 52 .SH "SEE ALSO" 53 maildir(5)