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getfilename(1) General Commands Manual getfilename(1) NAME getfilename - Ask the user to name a file in a given format SYNOPSIS getfilename format-name file-name DESCRIPTION The getfilename program will ask the user for the name of a file in the specified format, and will copy that file to the file-name given as the second argument. If this doesn't sound very useful by itself, you're right. However, this turns out to be all you need in order to add some useful functionality to mailcap-oriented programs such as mailto(1). For example, the following line in a mailcap file allows mailto to help the user include PostScript in outgoing mail: application/postscript ; lpr -Pipa %s ; description="Include a Postscript File";compose="getfilename Postscript %s" SEE ALSO mailto(1), metamail(1) BUGS This is such a tiny program it might actually be bug-free, but I wouldn't bet on it. COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore) Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material for any pur- pose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to this ma- terial without the specific, prior written permission of an authorized rep- resentative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCU- RACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES. AUTHOR Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore Release 1 getfilename(1)
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