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     NAME
        
        MSG - utility for manipulating message files
        
     SYNOPSIS
        
        msg [-f[n]] [-p[n]] [file]
        
     DESCRIPTION
        
        MSG  is a message file editor.  The message files which it can work
        on are those used by the utility SNDMSG, as well as  files  created
        by  MSG.   There are two files in a user's home directory which are
        used by SNDMSG and MSG -  mymail  and  mbox.   If  MSG  is  invoked
        without  a  file argument, MSG will initially read mymail.  mbox is
        the file where the messages from mymail are saved by default.   The
        -f  switch  is used to change the number of fill characters written
        to  the  terminal  whenever  a  carriage-return,line-feed  pair  is
        written.  The -p switch can be used to change the page size (number
        of  lines  per  screenful)  for  MSG  to  use  when displaying long
        output.  The default is 22 lines.
        
        A primer is available, and may be  had  by  the  execution  of  the
        following shell script:
        
        % msgprim
        
        This  will  cause  a copy of the primer to be displayed on standard
        output.  In order to obtain the  test  message  file  used  in  the
        primer, execution of the following shell script:
        
        % msgtest
        
        will  cause  the test message file to be copied to standard output.
        In order to run the test yourself,  the  following  shell  commands
        should suffice
        
        % msgtest >test.msg ; msg test.msg
        
     FILES

        mymail - messages sent using the SNDMSG utility reside here.
        mbox - default file for saving messages from mymail.
        one scratch file is used by MSG.

     SEE ALSO

        SNDMSG - the utility for sending mail to other users
        msplit - the utility for salvaging message files

     AUTHOR


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        MSG was written by Joe Sventek

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