z/OS V1R9.0 UNIX System Services Command ... - Christian Grothoff

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If a line in a startup file contains an error or an incorrect command, the rest of the
startup file is ignored. mailx ignores blank lines in a startup file.
The following example composes and sends a message to several users. Items
shown in italics are output by mailx itself.
mailx JEAN
Subject: Greetings
This is just a short note to say hello.
~c JUAN JOHN JOHANN
~.
On the first line, the message is just addressed to jean. The ~c line adds more
people who will receive copies of the message.
Environment Variables
A large number of variables are used to control the behavior of mailx. These
environment variables are divided into two classes: those that always come from
the external environment, and those that may be set up in either the external
environment or within a mailx session.
The following variables always come from the external environment; they can be
changed inside a mailx session, except where marked.
DEAD
Gives the name of a file that can be used as the dead.letter file. Partial
messages are saved in this file if an interrupt or error occurs during creation
of the message or delivery. By default, the name of this file is
$HOME/dead.letter.
EDITOR
Gives a command, possibly with options, that is run when using the
command mode edit or the input mode ~e. The default is ed (see “ed —
Use the ed line-oriented text editor” on page 247 for more information on
ed).
HOME Gives the name of your home directory. This cannot be changed inside
mailx .
LISTER
Gives a command, possibly with options, that mailx invokes when
displaying the content of the folder directory for the folders subcommand.
If this variable is null or unset, mailx uses ls. By default, this variable is
unset.
LOGNAME
Gives your login name.
mailx
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