getfilename(1M)

getfilename -- ask the user to name a file in a given format

Synopsis

getfilename format filename

Description

The getfilename program asks the user for the name of a file in the format specified by format and copies that file to the filename given as the second argument.

getfilename provides functionality to programs such as mailto, which reference mailcap files. For example, the following line in a mailcap file allows mailto to help the user include PostScript in outgoing mail:

   application/postscript; lpr -Pipa %s; description="Include
   a Postscript File"; compose="getfilename Postscript %s"

References

mailcap(4), mailto(1), metamail(1)

Notices

Author is Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bell Communications Research, Inc. See copyright page for further information.