mdmv(1)

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💌 mdmv(1) — the girlies' guide to maildir moves

okay so bestie, listen up, this is mdmv — the manual page for mdmv — and it is literally the safely move messages between maildirs tool you've been waiting for. one man page, one job, zero drama. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

mdmv — safely move messages between maildirs 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mdmv MSG [MSG..] DEST

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the vibe: mdmv takes one or more messages, from one or more maildirs, and moves them to a single destination maildir. that's it. that's the whole plot. ✨

and the way it does it? it does it in a way that should not confuse maildir synchronisation tools. iconic behaviour, no cap. like, your sync tools stay unbothered. 🧚

now for the real talk, because this is the part that matters and i'm not gonna lie to you:

mdmv tries to be sure it's not going to overwrite any existing files — it's genuinely trying its best on that front. but it does not try as hard to "deliver" the mail to the destination maildir the way a real MDA would. it gives up rather earlier. 😭 that's not a bug, that's just the design, periodt.

so what does that mean for you? it means mdmv is intended to be used by scripts running on the same host upon which the maildirs are actually stored. same host, script-driven, that's the whole lane. don't get it twisted. 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

None.

literally none. no flags, no switches, no hidden little extras. it's giving minimalist queen. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • maildir(5) — go read it bestie, it's the lore ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

mdmv was written by Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>. absolute legend, we love to see it. 💖

and that's a wrap!! this page came to you from perl v5.40.1, brought to life by the Debian Project — mwah, thank you for your service 💅🌟 hope your moves are safe and your maildirs stay unbothered. bye bestie, slay responsibly!! 💜

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