Shows the conditions of the GNU General Public License.
-See Copying.
-
-w
Shows the warranty notice of the GNU General Public License.
-See Copying.
-
-v
-xv
Provides or inhibits verbose output from cmail and XBoard,
-useful for debugging. The
--xv
-form also inhibits the cmail introduction message.
-
-mail
-xmail
Invokes or inhibits the sending of a mail message containing the move.
-
-xboard
-xxboard
Invokes or inhibits the running of XBoard on the game file.
-
-reuse
-xreuse
Invokes or inhibits the reuse of an existing XBoard to display the
-current game.
-
-remail
Resends the last mail message for that game. This inhibits running
-XBoard.
-
-game <name>
The name of the game to be processed.
-
-wgames <number>
-bgames <number>
-games <number>
Number of games to start as White, as Black or in total. Default is 1 as
-white and none as black. If only one color is specified then none of the
-other color is assumed. If no color is specified then equal numbers of
-White and Black games are started, with the extra game being as White if an
-odd number of total games is specified.
-
-me <short name>
-opp <short name>
A one-word alias for yourself or your opponent.
-
-wname <full name>
-bname <full name>
-name <full name>
-oppname <full name>
The full name of White, Black, yourself or your opponent.
-
-wna <net address>
-bna <net address>
-na <net address>
-oppna <net address>
The email address of White, Black, yourself or your opponent.
-
-dir <directory>
The directory in which cmail keeps its files. This defaults to the
-environment variable $CMAIL_DIR or failing that, $CHESSDIR,
-$HOME/Chess or ~/Chess. It will be created if it does not exist.
-
-arcdir <directory>
The directory in which cmail archives completed games. Defaults to
-the environment variable $CMAIL_ARCDIR or, in its absence, the same
-directory as cmail keeps its working files (above).
-
-mailprog <mail program>
The program used by cmail to send email messages. This defaults to the
-environment variable $CMAIL_MAILPROG or failing that
-/usr/ucb/Mail, /usr/ucb/mail or Mail. You will need
-to set this variable if none of the above paths fit your system.
-
-gamesFile <file>
A file containing a list of games with email addresses. This defaults to
-the environment variable $CMAIL_GAMES or failing that
-.cmailgames.
-
-aliasesFile <file>
A file containing one or more aliases for a set of email addresses. This
-defaults to the environment variable $CMAIL_ALIASES or failing
-that .cmailaliases.
-
-logFile <file>
A file in which to dump verbose debugging messages that are invoked with
-the ‘-v’
-option.
-
-event <event>
The PGN Event tag (default ‘Email correspondence game’).
-
-site <site>
The PGN Site tag (default ‘NET’).
-
-round <round>
The PGN Round tag (default ‘-’, not applicable).
-
-mode <mode>
The PGN Mode tag (default ‘EM’, Electronic Mail).
-
Other options
Any option flags not listed above are passed through to XBoard.
-Invoking XBoard through CMail changes the default values of two XBoard
-options: The default value for ‘-noChessProgram’ is changed to
-true; that is, by default no chess engine is started. The default
-value for ‘-timeDelay’ is changed to 0; that is, by default
-XBoard immediately goes to the end of the game as played so far,
-rather than stepping through the moves one by one. You can still set
-these options to whatever values you prefer by supplying them on
-CMail's command line. See Options.
+
-h
Displays cmail usage information.
+
-c
Shows the conditions of the GNU General Public License.
+See Copying.
+
-w
Shows the warranty notice of the GNU General Public License.
+See Copying.
+
-v
-xv
Provides or inhibits verbose output from cmail and XBoard,
+useful for debugging. The
+-xv
+form also inhibits the cmail introduction message.
+
-mail
-xmail
Invokes or inhibits the sending of a mail message containing the move.
+
-xboard
-xxboard
Invokes or inhibits the running of XBoard on the game file.
+
-reuse
-xreuse
Invokes or inhibits the reuse of an existing XBoard to display the
+current game.
+
-remail
Resends the last mail message for that game. This inhibits running
+XBoard.
+
-game <name>
The name of the game to be processed.
+
-wgames <number>
-bgames <number>
-games <number>
Number of games to start as White, as Black or in total. Default is 1 as
+white and none as black. If only one color is specified then none of the
+other color is assumed. If no color is specified then equal numbers of
+White and Black games are started, with the extra game being as White if an
+odd number of total games is specified.
+
-me <short name>
-opp <short name>
A one-word alias for yourself or your opponent.
+
-wname <full name>
-bname <full name>
-name <full name>
-oppname <full name>
The full name of White, Black, yourself or your opponent.
+
-wna <net address>
-bna <net address>
-na <net address>
-oppna <net address>
The email address of White, Black, yourself or your opponent.
+
-dir <directory>
The directory in which cmail keeps its files. This defaults to the
+environment variable $CMAIL_DIR or failing that, $CHESSDIR,
+$HOME/Chess or ~/Chess. It will be created if it does not exist.
+
-arcdir <directory>
The directory in which cmail archives completed games. Defaults to
+the environment variable $CMAIL_ARCDIR or, in its absence, the same
+directory as cmail keeps its working files (above).
+
-mailprog <mail program>
The program used by cmail to send email messages. This defaults to the
+environment variable $CMAIL_MAILPROG or failing that
+/usr/ucb/Mail, /usr/ucb/mail or Mail. You will need
+to set this variable if none of the above paths fit your system.
+
-logFile <file>
A file in which to dump verbose debugging messages that are invoked with
+the ‘-v’
+option.
+
-event <event>
The PGN Event tag (default ‘Email correspondence game’).
+
-site <site>
The PGN Site tag (default ‘NET’).
+
-round <round>
The PGN Round tag (default ‘-’, not applicable).
+
-mode <mode>
The PGN Mode tag (default ‘EM’, Electronic Mail).
+
Other options
Any option flags not listed above are passed through to XBoard.
+Invoking XBoard through CMail changes the default values of two XBoard
+options: The default value for ‘-noChessProgram’ is changed to
+true; that is, by default no chess engine is started. The default
+value for ‘-timeDelay’ is changed to 0; that is, by default
+XBoard immediately goes to the end of the game as played so far,
+rather than stepping through the moves one by one. You can still set
+these options to whatever values you prefer by supplying them on
+CMail's command line. See Options.