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FLIST(1)               DragonFly General Commands Manual              FLIST(1)


NAME

       flist, flists - list the number of messages in given sequence(s)


SYNOPSIS

       flist [+folder1 [+folder2 ...]] [-sequence name1 [-sequence name2 ...]]
            [-all | -noall] [-showzero | -noshowzero] [-recurse | -norecurse]
            [-fast | -nofast] [-alpha | -noalpha] [-version] [-help]

       flists is equivalent to flist -all


DESCRIPTION

       Flist is used to search a list of folders and display the number of
       messages in these folders that are in a given sequence or set of
       sequences (for example the "unseen" sequence). This is especially
       useful if you use some mechanism such as slocal or procmail (typically
       in conjunction with rcvstore) to pre-sort your mail into different
       folders before you view it.

       By default, the command flist will search the current folder for the
       given sequence or sequences (usually "unseen").  If (possibly multiple)
       folders are specified on the command line with +folder, then all these
       folders are searched for the given sequence(s).  Flist will display for
       each folder searched, the number of messages in each of the specified
       sequences, and the total number of messages.

       The option -sequence is used to specify the name of a sequence in which
       to search for.  This option may be used multiple times to specify
       multiple sequences.  If this is not given, then the default is to
       search for all the sequences specified by the "Unseen-Sequence" profile
       component. For more details about sequences, read the mh-sequence(5)
       man page.

       Typically, flist will produce a line for each sequence, for every
       folder that is searched, even those which do not contain any messages
       in the given sequence.  Specifying -noshowzero will cause flist to
       print only those folder/sequence combinations such the folder has a
       non-zero number of messages in the given specified sequence.

       If -recurse is given, then for each folder that is search, flist will
       also recursively descend into those folders to search subfolders for
       the given sequence.

       If -fast is given, only the names of the folders searched will be
       displayed, and flist will suppress all other output.  If this option is
       used in conjunction with -noshowzero, then flist will only print the
       names of those folders searched that contain messages in in at least
       one of the specified sequences..SS "Multiple Folders" If the option
       -all is given (and no folders are specified with +folder), then flist
       will search all the folders in the top level of the users nmh
       directory.  These folders are all preceded by the read-only folders,
       which occur as "atr-cur-" entries in the user's nmh context.

       An example of the output of flist -all is:

            /work/Mail  has  5 in sequence unseen (private); out of  46
            inbox+      has 10 in sequence unseen          ; out of 153
            junklist    has  0 in sequence unseen          ; out of  63
            postmaster  has  1 in sequence unseen          ; out of   3

       The "+" after inbox indicates that it is the current folder.

       The "private" flag indicates that the given sequence for that folder is
       private.  See the mh-sequence(5) man page for details about private
       sequences.

       If the option -all and +folder are both specified, then flist will
       search this folder, and all its first level subfolders for the given
       sequence.  You may specify multiple folders in this way.

       If flist is invoked by a name ending with "s" (e.g.  flists), then the
       switch -all is assumed by default.

       The sorting order for the listing is alphabetical (with -alpha), or in
       a priority order defined by the "Flist-Order" profile entry (with
       -noalpha).  Each item in the "Flist-Order" is a folder name or a folder
       name pattern that uses * to match zero or more characters.  Longer
       matching patterns have precedence over shorter matching patterns.  For
       example:

            Flist-Order: personal petproject mh* * admin *junk

       This order puts a few interesting folders first, such as those with
       mail addressed to you personally, those about a pet project, and those
       about mh-related things.  It places uninteresting folders at the end,
       and it puts everything else in the middle in alphabetical order.


FILES

       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.


PROFILE COMPONENTS

       Path:               To determine the user's nmh directory.
       mh-sequences:       File that contains public sequences.
       Unseen-Sequence:    The name of the unseen message sequence.
       Flist-Order:        To sort folders by priority.


SEE ALSO

       folder(1), rcvstore(1), slocal(1), mh-sequence(5)


DEFAULTS

       -sequence           The Unseen-Sequence profile entry.
       -showzero
       -noall
       -norecurse
       -noalpha
       -nofast


CONTEXT

       If +folder is given, it will become the current folder.  If multiple
       folders are given, the last one specified will become the current
       folder.

nmh-1.6                         January 1, 2001                       FLIST(1)

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