splitmail(1)					     splitmail(1)



NAME
       splitmail - split mailbox files prior to indexing

SYNOPSIS
       splitmail -p prefix [ file ]

DESCRIPTION
       splitmail  is  a utility to split a mailbox file (or stan
       dard input) comprised of multiple messages  into	 multiple
       files  of  individual messages to facilitate indexing with
       index(1).  The generated	 files	have  5-digit  increasing
       numbers appended to a common prefix.

OPTIONS
       -pprefix	   Specifies the common prefix.

EXAMPLE
       The command:

	    splitmail -p msg sent_messages

       splits	the   mailbox	sent_messages  into  files  named
       msg.00001, msg.00002, and so on.

NOTE
       This utility hasn't been exhaustively tested.

SEE ALSO
       index(1).

AUTHOR
       Paul J. Lucas <pauljlucas@mac.com>



SWISH++			December 13, 2000	     splitmail(1)
