NAME
mhparam - print nmh profile and context components
SYNOPSIS
mhparam |
[-help] [-version] [components] [-all] [-component | |
-nocomponent] [-debug]
DESCRIPTION
mhparam writes the value of the specified profile component to the standard output, separated by newlines. Component name matching is case-insensitive. If the profile component is not present, the default value (or nothing, if there is no default) is printed.
If the switch -component is given, then the component name is displayed along with the profile components value. This can be disabled with the switch -nocomponent.
If more than one component is specified in the components list, then the switch -component is on by default. If only one component is specified, then the switch -nocomponent is on by default.
If -all is specified, then all components in the nmh profile are displayed and other arguments are ignored.
mhparam can provide other information, such as the nmh version identifier, the locations of the nmh bindir, libexecdir, etcdir, and docdir install directories, all proc settings, and the datalocking method described in mh-profile(5). Information about the configuration of the nmh installation is also available, including the default mail spool locking method. To test whether the configuration includes support for SASL, TLS, iconv(3), and oauth, the following commands, respectively, will output a non-null string to indicate support:
mhparam sasl
mhparam tls
mhparam iconv
mhparam oauth
Conversely, no output means that the specified support is not included. The -debug switch displays all such other information available from mhparam.
Examples:
$ mhparam path
Mail
$ mhparam
mhlproc
/usr/lib/mh/mhl
$ mhparam
-component Path
Path: Mail
$ mhparam
AliasFile rmmproc
AliasFile: aliases
rmmproc: rmmproc
$ mhparam
-nocomponent AliasFile rmmproc
aliases
rmmproc
$ mhparam path
nonexistent context
Path: Mail
context: context
$ mhparam
version
nmh-1.8
$ mhparam
etcdir
/etc/nmh
$ mhparam
libexecdir
/usr/lib/mh
$ mhparam
spoollocking
fcntl
$ mhparam
datalocking
fcntl
$ mhparam sasl
cyrus_sasl
$ mhparam tls
tls
$ mhparam iconv
iconv
$ mhparam oauth
oauth
mhparam is also useful in backquoted operations:
$ fgrep cornell.edu `mhpath +`/`mhparam aliasfile`
EXIT STATUS
The exit status is zero if all components are found, or one if any are missing.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile
The user profile
or $MH Rather than the standard profile
<mh-dir>/context The user context
or $MHCONTEXT Rather than the standard context
PROFILE COMPONENTS
context: To determine the context file
SEE ALSO
DEFAULTS
’-nocomponent’
if only one component is specified
’-component’ if more than one component
is specified
’components’ defaults to none
CONTEXT
None