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NAME

dp - parse dates RFC 822-style  

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/mh/dp [ -form file ] [ -format string ] [ -help ] [ -width columns ] dates  

DESCRIPTION

The dp command parses dates according to the ARPA Internet standard. It also understands many non-standard formats, such as those produced by TOPS-20 sites and some UNIX sites using ctime(3). It is useful for seeing how MH will interpret a date.

The dp program treats each argument as a single date, and prints the date out in the official RFC 822 format. Hence, it is usually best to enclose each argument in double quotes (") for the shell.  

FLAGS

-form file
Overrides the default output format of dp. The output is formatted according to the instructions in the specified file. This must be a format file; see mh-format(4).
-format string
Overrides the default output format of dp. The output is formatted according to the instructions in the specified string. This must be a format string; see mh-format(4).
The argument to the -format option must be interpreted as a single token by the shell that invokes dp. Therefore, you should usually place the argument to this option inside double quotes (").
-help
Prints a list of the valid options to this command.
-width columns
Specifies the width of the screen in columns.

The defaults for this command are as follows:

-width defaults to the width of the terminal
 

EXAMPLES

This is the default format string used by dp: %<(nodate{text})error: %{text}%|%(pretty{text})%>

When an error is detected, this prints error: and the date that is in error. Otherwise, it outputs the proper RFC 822 format of the date.  

FILES

$HOME/.mh_profile
User profile.
 

RELATED INFORMATION

ap(8)
Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (RFC 822) delim off


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
FLAGS
EXAMPLES
FILES
RELATED INFORMATION

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Time: 02:40:32 GMT, October 02, 2010