sendbug Command

Purpose

Mails a system bug report to a specified address.

Syntax

sendbug [ Address ]

Description

The sendbug command is a shell script to assist the user in composing and mailing bug reports in the correct format.

The sendbug command starts the editor specified by the EDITOR environment variable on a temporary copy of the bug report format outline. The default editor is vi.

Fill out the appropriate fields in the bug report format outline and exit the editor. The sendbug command mails the completed report to the address specified by the Address parameter. The default address is POSTMASTER.

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