Due to the order in commands table, "c" maps to "copy", not "chdir" as
man page says. "cd" and "ch" work instead. Two alternative fixes: either
man page or the order of commands - leaving for you to decide. IMHO
better to update man page than muscle memory of old time users.
Index: mail.1
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1,v
retrieving revision 1.70
diff -u -p -r1.70 mail.1
--- mail.1 16 Dec 2014 18:37:17 -0000 1.70
+++ mail.1 3 Jan 2015 20:49:55 -0000
@@ -422,12 +422,14 @@ If the
command is given with no argument, the current set of alternate
names is displayed.
.It Ic chdir
-.Pq Ic c
+.Pf ( Ic ch
+or
+.Ic cd )
Changes the user's working directory to that specified, if given.
If
no directory is given, then changes to the user's login directory.
.It Ic copy
-.Pq Ic co
+.Pq Ic c
The
.Ic copy
command does the same thing that
Alternatively, keeping man page, but moving copy command down:
Index: cmdtab.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/mail/cmdtab.c,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -p -r1.13 cmdtab.c
--- cmdtab.c 27 Oct 2009 23:59:40 -0000 1.13
+++ cmdtab.c 3 Jan 2015 20:41:36 -0000
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ const struct cmd cmdtab[] = {
{ "unread", { unread }, MSGLIST, 0, MMNDEL },
{ "Unread", { unread }, MSGLIST, 0, MMNDEL },
{ "!", { shell }, I|STRLIST, 0, 0 },
- { "copy", { copycmd }, M|STRLIST, 0, 0 },
{ "chdir", { schdir }, M|RAWLIST, 0, 1 },
{ "cd", { schdir }, M|RAWLIST, 0, 1 },
+ { "copy", { copycmd }, M|STRLIST, 0, 0 },
{ "save", { save }, STRLIST, 0, 0 },
{ "source", { source }, M|RAWLIST, 1, 1 },
{ "set", { set }, M|RAWLIST, 0, 1000 },
