getfilename - Ask the user to name a file in a given for
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SYNOPSIS
getfilename format-name file-name
DESCRIPTION
The getfilename program will ask the user for the name of
a file in the specified format, and will copy that file to
the file-name given as the second argument.
If this doesn't sound very useful by itself, you're right.
However, this turns out to be all you need in order to add
some useful functionality to mailcap-oriented programs
such as mailto(1). For example, the following line in a
mailcap file allows mailto to help the user include
PostScript in outgoing mail:
application/postscript ; lpr -Pipa %s ; descrip
tion="Include a Postscript File";compose="getfilename
Postscript %s"
SEE ALSO
mailto(1), metamail(1)
BUGS
This is such a tiny program it might actually be bug-free,
but I wouldn't bet on it.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc.
(Bellcore)
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this mate
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AUTHOR
Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore
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