1 10/21/83  send_mail request:  write, w
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 3 Syntax:  w path {-control_args}
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 6 Function:  writes the printed representation of the message to the end
 7 of an existing segment.
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10 Arguments:
11 path
12    is the pathname of the segment to which the message is written.  The
13    suffix "mail" is added if necessary.
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16 Control arguments:
17 -extend
18    writes the message at the end of the segment if there is already
19    data present in the segment.  (Default)
20 -truncate, -tc
21    truncates the segment before writing the message.
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24 Notes:
25 If the segment identified by the path argument does not exist, it will
26 be created automatically.