1 .TH maildir2mbox 1

     2 .SH NAME

     3 maildir2mbox \- move mail from a maildir to an mbox

     4 .SH SYNOPSIS

     5 .B maildir2mbox

     6 .SH DESCRIPTION

     7 .B maildir2mbox

     8 moves mail from a

     9 .IR maildir -format

    10 directory to an

    11 .IR mbox -format

    12 file.

    13 

    14 You must supply three environment variables to

    15 .BR maildir2mbox :

    16 .B MAILDIR

    17 is the name of your

    18 .I maildir

    19 directory;

    20 .B MAIL

    21 is the name of your

    22 .I mbox

    23 file;

    24 and

    25 .B MAILTMP

    26 is a temporary file that

    27 .B maildir2mbox

    28 can overwrite.

    29 .B MAILTMP

    30 and

    31 .B MAIL

    32 must be on the same filesystem.

    33 

    34 .B maildir2mbox

    35 is reliable:

    36 it will not remove messages

    37 from

    38 .B MAILDIR

    39 until the messages have been successfully appended to

    40 .BR MAIL .

    41 

    42 .B maildir2mbox

    43 locks

    44 .B MAIL

    45 to protect against simultaneous access by a mail reader.

    46 This locking system does not protect against simultaneous access

    47 by another

    48 .BR maildir2mbox ;

    49 you should run only one

    50 .B maildir2mbox

    51 at a time.

    52 .SH "SEE ALSO"

    53 maildir(5)