Annotation of 43BSD/contrib/mh/miscellany/scripts/append.rf, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(MHWARNING)
        !             2: .SC APPEND 1
        !             3: .NA
        !             4: append \- dumb append editor
        !             5: .SY
        !             6: append
        !             7: \%[file]
        !             8: .DE
        !             9: \fIAppend\fR is used at the
        !            10: \*(lqWhat now?\*(rq
        !            11: prompt to attach a file (or several files) to the message
        !            12: currently under construction.
        !            13: If no file is mentioned when it is invoked,
        !            14: \fIappend\fR asks for the file or files to attach.
        !            15: 
        !            16: File arguments are simply normal path names like those you would hand
        !            17: to an editor command.
        !            18: If any of the files aren't readable, are directories, or aren't there,
        !            19: \fIappend\fR will gripe and continue on to the next argument.
        !            20: 
        !            21: Examples:
        !            22: 
        !            23: .ti +.5i
        !            24: \fIWhat now?\fR\0edit\0append\0hints
        !            25: 
        !            26: picks up the file \*(lqhints\*(rq from the current directory.
        !            27: 
        !            28: .in +.5i
        !            29: \fIWhat now?\fR\0edit\0append
        !            30: .br
        !            31: \fIAppend file(s):\fR\0uucp/ERRLOG\0/etc/motd
        !            32: .in -.5i
        !            33: 
        !            34: attaches \*(lquucp/ERRLOG\*(rq and \*(lq/etc/motd\*(rq to the message.
        !            35: .Sa
        !            36: comp (1)
        !            37: .Bu
        !            38: The \fIecho\fR command used in this relatively simple shell script
        !            39: may need customization.
        !            40: If your \fIecho\fR doesn't understand the `-n' option
        !            41: to suppress a trailing newline,
        !            42: take it out and write a trailing `\ec' in its argument.
        !            43: 
        !            44: You should be able to specify more than one file on the command line.
        !            45: .En

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