Clarify that the parameter to the "-o" switch is a MAILBOX instead of a
FOLDER (which could be confused with an ordinary filesystem folder).

Added per Roman Nezval's comment.
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Daniel Spiljar 2023-12-29 00:59:25 +01:00
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3 changed files with 5 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ Do not lock files. This option is meaningful only if a mbox folder (see below)
is scanned.
.IP "-c, --count"
Suppress normal output and print a count of matching messages.
.IP "-o, --output=FOLDER"
Suppress normal output and write messages to destination folder FOLDER instead.
.IP "-o, --output=MAILBOX"
Suppress normal output and write messages to destination MAILBOX instead.
.IP "-p, --pipe=COMMAND"
Pipe each found message to COMMAND
.IP "-d, --delete"

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@ -171,10 +171,9 @@ Use with extreme caution.
@itemx -nd
Ignore duplicate messages.
@item --output=FOLDER
@itemx -o FOLDER
Suppress normal output and write messages to destination folder FOLDER
instead.
@item --output=MAILBOX
@itemx -o MAILBOX
Suppress normal output and write messages to destination MAILBOX instead.
Note that @code{mboxgrep} assumes the output folder is of the same format
as the input folder. Currently there is no possibility to convert folders.