RMF(1)

NAME
rmf - remove an MH folder

SYNOPSIS
rmf [+folder] [-interactive] [-nointeractive] [-help]

DESCRIPTION
Rmf removes all of the messages (files) within the specified (or default) folder, and then removes the folder (directory) itself. If there are any files within the folder which are not a part of MH, they will not be removed, and an error will be produced. If the folder is given explicitly or the `-nointeractive' option is given, then the folder will be removed without confirmation. Otherwise, the user will be asked for confirmation. If rmf can't find the current folder, for some reason, the folder to be removed defaults to `+inbox' (unless overridden by user's profile entry "Inbox") with confirmation. Rmf irreversibly deletes messages that don't have other links, so use it with caution. If the folder being removed is a subfolder, the parent folder will become the new current folder, and rmf will produce a message telling the user this has happened. This provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list and returning to the current folder from which the list was extracted. Rmf of a read-only folder will delete the private sequence and cur information (i.e., "atr-seq-folder" entries) from the profile without affecting the folder itself.
$HOME/.mh_profile    The user profile
Path:    To determine the user's MH directory
Current-Folder:    To find the default current folder
Inbox:    To find the default inbox
rmm(1) `+folder' defaults to the current folder, usually with confirmation `-interactive' if +folder' not given, `-nointeractive' otherwise Rmf will set the current folder to the parent folder if a subfolder is removed; or if the current folder is removed, it will make "inbox" current. Otherwise, it doesn't change the current folder or message. Although intuitively one would suspect that rmf works recursively, it does not. Hence if you have a sub-folder within a folder, in order to rmf the parent, you must first rmf each of the children.