Re: tlug: Mail directory

[shimpei@example.com]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> >>>>> "Darren" == Darren Cook <darren@example.com> writes:
> 
>     Darren> man mail says:
>     Darren>    -u  is equivalent to: mail -f /var/mail/user
> 
> This looks like a typo.  The traditional location was
> /usr/spool/mail/$LOGNAME, so it's possible somebody mistyped when
> updating to /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME.  All MUAs I've ever seen look
> there by default.  I've never seen /var/mail/$LOGNAME.

FHS 2.0 wants you to view reality differently:

  http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-5.7.html

Solaris uses /var/mail by default, IIRC. mutt knew enough to auto-configure
itself to look in /var/mail by default on that platform, too.



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