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   2 .TH b2m 1
   3 .SH NAME
   4 b2m \- convert old Emacs Rmail Babyl format to mbox format
   5 .SH SYNOPSIS
   6 .B b2m
   7 <
   8 .I babyl-file
   9 >
  10 .I mbox-file
  11 .SH DESCRIPTION
  12 .B b2m
  13 accepts Babyl format mail (as used by older versions of
  14 .BR Rmail
  15 in
  16 .BR "GNU Emacs" )
  17 on standard input, and converts it to mbox format on standard output.
  18 Babyl was the storage format used by Rmail prior to Emacs 23.1.  Since
  19 then, it uses standard mbox format.  This program is distributed with
  20 .BR "GNU Emacs" .
  21 .PP
  22 .SH OPTIONS
  23 The program accepts unambiguous abbreviations for long option names.
  24 .TP
  25 .B \-V, \-\-version
  26 Display version information.
  27 .TP
  28 .B \-h, \-\-help
  29 Display basic usage information.
  30 .
  31 .SH SEE ALSO
  32 The Babyl format is described in the file
  33 .B etc/BABYL
  34 in the Emacs distribution.
  35 .B Rmail
  36 is documented in the GNU Emacs manual, which  you  can  read  using
  37 .BR Info ,
  38 either from Emacs or as a standalone program.
  39 .
  40 .SH AUTHORS
  41 .I b2m
  42 was originally written by Ed Wilkinson.  Francesco Potorti updated it
  43 according to the GNU coding standards.
  44 .SH COPYING
  45 Copyright
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  48 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  49 .PP
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  58 .PP
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  62 in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
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