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getfilename(1) General Commands Manual getfilename(1)
NAME
getfilename - Ask the user to name a file in a given format
SYNOPSIS
getfilename format-name file-name
DESCRIPTION
The getfilename program will ask the user for the name of a file in the
specified format, and will copy that file to the file-name given as the
second argument.
If this doesn't sound very useful by itself, you're right. However,
this turns out to be all you need in order to add some useful function-
ality to mailcap-oriented programs such as mailto(1). For example, the
following line in a mailcap file allows mailto to help the user include
PostScript in outgoing mail:
application/postscript ; lpr -Pipa %s ; description="Include a Post-
script File";compose="getfilename Postscript %s"
SEE ALSO
mailto(1), metamail(1)
BUGS
This is such a tiny program it might actually be bug-free, but I
wouldn't bet on it.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material for any
purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies, and
that the name of Bellcore not be used in advertising or publicity per-
taining to this material without the specific, prior written permission
of an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO REPRE-
SENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY
PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WAR-
RANTIES.
AUTHOR
Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore
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