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NAME

       watch_maildirs - watch for and display Maildir/Maildir++ changes

SYNOPSIS

       watch_maildirs [options ...]

DESCRIPTION

       watch_maildirs  is  a  command  line  application which watches a given
       Maildir and displays change notifications. The Maildir may contain sub-
       mailboxes  (Maildir++).  Once  watch_maildirs is watching, a newline is
       printed. Then, for each change the mailbox’s name  and  a  newline  are
       printed.

OPTIONS

       -m dir, --maildir=dir
              Override the setting of the $MAILDIR environment variable (or if
              $MAILDIR is not defined, ~/Maildir) with dir.

       -V, --version
              Display version information.

       -?, --help
              Display a summary of command line options.

EXIT CODES

       1 upon error
       2  upon  folder  creation,  deletion,  and  rename  that   requires   a
       watch_maildirs restart

SEE ALSO

       mswatch(1), inputkill(1), maildir(5)

       watch_maildirs    is    part    of    mswatch(1);    mswatch   website:
       http://mswatch.sf.net/

AUTHOR

       Written by Chris Frost <chris@frostnet.net>.

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