fml4 &fml4; series fml8 &fml8; series fml-devel current development version on the way to &fmldevel; in the future. same as &fml8; now. curproc abbrebiation of "current process". Typical abbrebiation form used in UNIX kernel. PCB Process Control Block. Typical abbrebiation form used in UNIX kernel. config configuration. conf configuration. arg / args argument. fh file handle. dh directory handle. fp function pointer == code reference for perl 5. _foobar keyword begininng with _ is used for internal function or variable. private in other words. rfoobar The first "r" implies "reference". This called hangalian form but we use it very little in fml8. STR string. Japanese character set name JIS, SJIS, EUC ... 2 the same pronounciation as "to". STR2EUC (== STRing to EUC) use String qw(STR2EUC); $euc_string = STR2EUC($string); 4 the same pronounciation as "for". command mail a mail which message body includes commands for fml. By sending the command mail to some address, a user can make &fml8; action something, such as subscribe, file retrieve, unsubscribe et.al, The address is typically $ml-ctl@$domain for $ml@$domain ML.