Fast Folder Changes with fo

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This version of folder called fo just does folder -fast. You can also add parameters on the fo command line to:

Here's how to make the last message current and see the folder name:
% fo last
inbox
To make fo as a version of folder, see the Section Making a New Command Version. To make an alias or function, see the Section Writing Command Versions as Aliases or Functions.

Add this entry to your MH profile, or add the arguments to your alias or function:

fo: -fast

NOTE: This won't work on early versions of MH. See the CAUTION in Section folder -fast.

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Last change $Date: 1996/06/06 15:14:54 $

This file is from the third edition of the book MH & xmh: Email for Users & Programmers, ISBN 1-56592-093-7, by Jerry Peek. Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. This file is freely-available; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information, see the file copying.htm.

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