getfilename(1M)
getfilename --
ask the user to name a file in a given format
Synopsis
getfilename format filename
Description
The getfilename
program asks the user for the name of a file
in the format specified by format and copies that file
to the filename given as the second argument.
getfilename provides functionality to programs such as
mailto, which reference mailcap files.
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; description="Include
a Postscript File"; compose="getfilename Postscript %s"
References
mailcap(4),
mailto(1),
metamail(1)
Notices
Author is Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bell Communications Research, Inc.
See copyright page for further information.
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004