Subject: searching multiple folders simultaneously

From: Lenard T Diggins <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 15:20:35 -0400 (EDT)

hi folx,

i'm wondering if there is a way to search through several folders
with Pine (especially while using aggregate operations).  i've been
using Pine3.95 for a while, and i've looked at the config file options
in Pine3.96; but i'm coming to the conclusion that this is not a possibly
within Pine, per se.

therefore, i have come up with the follow kludge:

0. touch /var/mail/user.lock
1. cp /var/mail/user /tmp/user
2. cat ~user/mail/* > /tmp/user.all
3. cat /tmp/user.all >> /var/mail/user

after the search is done

4. rm /var/mail/user
5. cp /tmp/user /var/mail/user
6. rm /var/mail/user.lock
7. rm /tmp/user.all
8. rm /tmp/user

if anyone has a more clever solution, i look forward to seeing it.

Len