


showpartial(1)           USER COMMANDS             showpartial(1)



NAME
     showpartial - Fetch and display the body of a  mail  message
     that is included by reference

SYNOPSIS
     showpartial  file id partnum totalnum

DESCRIPTION
     The _s_h_o_w_p_a_r_t_i_a_l program will squirrel away  the  body  of  a
     MIME-format  message  that  is of type "message/partial" for
     later use.  When it is called on the last piece, it will put
     the  pieces  together  and call metamail to display the full
     message.  It is intended to be  called  by  metamail  via  a
     mailcap entry like the following:

     message/partial; showpartial %s %{id} %{number} %{total}


SEE ALSO
     metamail(1)

BUGS
     The parts are squirrelled away on  /tmp,  which  means  that
     /tmp can fill up if you never get the remaining parts.  When
     the message is finally displayed, via  metamail,  the  parts
     are  all  discarded,  which  might  also be seen as a bug by
     some...

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright  (c)  1991  Bell  Communications  Research,   Inc.
     (Bellcore)

     Permission  to  use,  copy,  modify,  and  distribute   this
     material  for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
     provided that the above copyright notice and this permission
     notice  appear  in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore
     not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining  to  this
     material  without  the specific, prior written permission of
     an authorized representative of Bellcore.  BELLCORE MAKES NO
     REPRESENTATIONS  ABOUT  THE  ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS
     MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE.  IT IS PROVIDED "AS  IS",  WITHOUT
     ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

AUTHOR
     Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore






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