How to Mail a Fieldnotes File to the Appropriate Location

Scenerio: You have finished writing your fieldnotes and are ready to submit them to the archive.

1. Find the filename. Remember, Unix is case-sensitive, so you must know the exact filename (e.g. Fieldnote1 and fieldnote1 are different files as far as Unix is concerned).

If you don't know or remember the filename, the command "ls" will show you a list of your files.

% ls

2. Start the mail program, using the appropriate "alias" as the address:

% mail alias

Fieldsites and Mail Aliases
5d	The Fifth Dimension
lcm	La Clase Magica
headstart	Headstart
skyline	Skyline (aka "Magical Dimension")

The machine will prompt you for a subject line. Type your name and fieldsite into that field.

Hit the return key to get a blank line. Hit it again for good measure (if the mailer is going to eat a line it grabs either the first or last line in the file). On your new line, type:

~r exactfilename

(that first character is the tilde ~)

If you have the correct filename, the machine will respond:

"exactfilename" 18/237

meaning it has found the file and "read" it into your outgoing message.

Hit the return key once more for good measure and type a Contol-D. You will be prompted for "Carbon Copy" (Cc:). Unless you wish to send your fieldnotes elsewhere, just hit the return.

You're done!

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