[9810] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.4G: comp,repl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jweiss@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Tue Aug 18 18:52:17 1992
From: jweiss@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 18:52:03 EDT
System name: tla
Type and version: KN01 7.4G (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: PMAX-MFB
What were you trying to do?
refile a draft I was composing so I could compose another
unrelated draft.
What's wrong:
tla:~: comp
Draft "/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/j/w/jweiss/Mail/draft" exists (1133 bytes).
Disposition? ?
Options are:
quit
replace
use
list
refile
Disposition? refile
refile: no folder specified
Disposition? refile +dcns
delete: no files specified.
Usage: delete [ options ] filename ...
Options are:
-r recursive
-i interactive
-f force
-n noop
-v verbose
-e emulate rm/rmdir
-F files only
-D directories only
-- end options and start filenames
-r and -D are mutually exclusive
-F and -D are mutually exclusive
Disposition? q
Upon further examination I've discovered that each refile put a new
copy of the draft in the folder I was trying to refile it to (I now
have 6 copies there :-) before failing to delete the original.
What should have happened:
Several things: First the refile option listed should say
refile +folder (it does for repl, not for comp.) Second, I should not
get a usage message from delete (delete is my rmmproc, I think this is
relevant). I don't even know what parameters were passed to delete.
If is creates a new copy of the draft it should delete the original.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
man comp
man repl
(Note: the repl man page doesn't even mention the possibility of refiling.)
