Options List

To see the usage of forward, type "forward" with no arguments. This will also tell you your current forwarding address. When used in combination, the options below do not need to be used in a specific order. The only restriction on order is that options must precede the forwarding address.

-a
before an address says that all arguments that follow make up the new address; thus addresses may begin with a hyphen.

-z
asks to remove the forwarding address.

-n
changes nothing; it just validates and prints the address.

-o arg
says that "arg" must be the old forwarding address, or else the operation should fail. You may have to quote spaces in arg. The default is that the old forwarding address is not tested (as it is here) before setting the new value.

-c cell
says that "cell" is the AFS cell in which the forwarding address is to be set or read; the default is the cell in which the user has primary authentication.

-u user
says that the forwarding address is to be set or read for "user" in the given cell; the default is the userid corresponding to the ViceID in the cell in which the user has primary authentication.

-r
asks that no forwarding address be set, but that the existing, published forwarding address be printed.

-R
asks that no forwarding address be set, but that the forwarding address as it exists in the unpublished staging area be printed.

-s
asks that no messages of any kind be given (only an exit status, or text if -r or -R is specified).

Last Updated: 8/24/06