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RMF(1)			     General Commands Manual			  RMF(1)

NAME
     rmf - remove an nmh folder

SYNOPSIS
     rmf [-help] [-version] [+folder] [-interactive | -nointeractive]

DESCRIPTION
     rmf  removes  all of the messages (files) within the specified (or default)
     folder, and then removes the folder (directory) itself.

     If there are any files within the folder which are not a part of nmh,  they
     will not be removed, and an error will be produced.  If the folder is given
     explicitly,  or the -nointeractive option is given, then the folder will be
     removed without confirmation.  Otherwise, the user will be asked  for  con-
     firmation.   If  rmf  can't,  for	some reason, find the current folder the
     folder to be removed defaults to `+inbox' (unless overridden by the  user's
     profile entry "Inbox"), with confirmation.

     If  the  folder being removed is a subfolder, the parent folder will become
     the new current folder, and rmf will produce a  message  telling  the  user
     this  has happened.  This provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of
     messages, operating on the list, then removing the list  and  returning  to
     the current folder, from which the list was extracted.

     If  rmf  is  used on a read-only folder, it will delete all the private se-
     quences (i.e., .RI "atr- seq - folder " entries) for this folder from  your
     context without affecting the folder itself.

     rmf  irreversibly	deletes  messages that don't have other links, so use it
     with caution.

FILES
     $HOME/.mh_profile			  The user profile

PROFILE COMPONENTS
     Path:		  To determine the user's nmh directory
     Current-Folder:	  To find the default current folder
     Inbox:		  To find the default inbox

SEE ALSO
     folder(1), rmm(1)

DEFAULTS
     `+folder' defaults to the current folder, usually with confirmation
     `-interactive' if +folder' not given, `-nointeractive' otherwise

CONTEXT
     rmf will set the current folder to the parent folder if a subfolder is  re-
     moved;  or  if the current folder is removed, it will make "inbox" current.
     Otherwise, it doesn't change the current folder or message.

BUGS
     Although intuitively one would suspect that rmf works recursively, it  does
     not.   Hence, if you have a sub-folder within a folder, in order to rmf the
     parent, you must first rmf each of the children.

nmh-1.8+dev			   1999-04-30				  RMF(1)

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