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diff doc/man/b2m.1 @ 101693:d8e498f22523
Minor fixes.
author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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date | Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:47:50 +0000 |
parents | cb5d2387102c |
children | 1d1d5d9bd884 |
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--- a/doc/man/b2m.1 Sat Jan 31 02:18:21 2009 +0000 +++ b/doc/man/b2m.1 Sat Jan 31 02:47:50 2009 +0000 @@ -1,17 +1,22 @@ .\" See section COPYING for copyright and redistribution information. .TH b2m 1 .SH NAME -b2m \- convert RMAIL Babyl format to Unix mailbox format +b2m \- convert old Emacs Rmail Babyl format to mbox format .SH SYNOPSIS .B b2m +< +.I babyl-file +> +.I mbox-file .SH DESCRIPTION .B b2m -accepts Babyl format (as used by -.BR RMAIL +accepts Babyl format mail (as used by older versions of +.BR Rmail in .BR "GNU Emacs" ) -mail on standard input, and converts it to Unix mail format on -standard output. This program is distributed with +on standard input, and converts it to mbox format on standard output. +Babyl was the storage format used by Rmail prior to Emacs 23.1. Since +then, it uses standard mbox format. This program is distributed with .BR "GNU Emacs" . .PP .SH OPTIONS @@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ The Babyl format is described in the file .B etc/BABYL in the Emacs distribution. -.B RMAIL +.B Rmail is documented in the GNU Emacs manual, which you can read using .BR Info , either from Emacs or as a standalone program.