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Article #639Re: Using 'pick' to select 'not forwarded'
From: Anthony Baxter
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 1990 15:31
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 1990 15:31
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argv@Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller) writes:
>In article <1990Dec10.062259.16862@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> vac241j@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Anthony Baxter) writes:
>>I can pick all forwarded stuff with 'pick -h status f', but I have been unable
>>to work out how to select 'not something'...
>The "-x" option inverts the search. However, I don't recommend using
>"pick -h status f" to determine the status of messages. This header
>doesn't have "updated" information -- that is, anything you do in your
>current mush session is not reflected in the Status header until you
>update. Besides, it's slower than doing it the right way, which is to
>the "flags" command. In this case, "flags f" ...
>to get all the messages that *aren't* forwarded, you could do
> * { `flags f` }
>* = all messages, the {}'s means "except" the messages inside.
>The messages "inside" are those returned by the flags command --
>specifically, the messages that have been forwarded. The result
>is a list of all messages that have not been forwarded.
>--dan
I tried this, however, it doesn't seem to work. If I type " * { ` flags f ` } |
headers " it gives me _all_ messages in my mailbox, not just the forwarded
ones. From RTFM'ing, it seems that flags is used to set flags, it mentions
nothing about reading them.
What am I doing wrong? (btw, Im running 7.2.0, in command-line mode)
Thanks,
Anthony
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!rex!samsung!munnari.oz.au!goanna!minyos!monu6!vac241j From: vac241j@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Anthony Baxter) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush Subject: Re: Using 'pick' to select 'not forwarded' Keywords: pick, mush 7.2.0, 'Status:' field Message-ID: <1990Dec10.153108.10024@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Date: 10 Dec 90 15:31:08 GMT References: <1990Dec10.062259.16862@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <9012100944.AA05813@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM> Organization: Monash University, Faculty of Ni. Lines: 37