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- ;;; unrmail.el --- convert Rmail files to mailbox files.
-
- ;;; Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- ;; Keywords: mail
-
- ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
-
- ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- ;; any later version.
-
- ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
- ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
- ;;; Code:
-
- (defvar command-line-args-left) ;Avoid 'free variable' warning
-
- ;;;###autoload
- (defun batch-unrmail ()
- "Convert Rmail files to system inbox format.
- Specify the input Rmail file names as command line arguments.
- For each Rmail file, the corresponding output file name
- is made by adding `.mail' at the end.
- For example, invoke `emacs -batch -f batch-unrmail RMAIL'."
- ;; command-line-args-left is what is left of the command line (from startup.el)
- (if (not noninteractive)
- (error "`batch-unrmail' is to be used only with -batch"))
- (let ((error nil))
- (while command-line-args-left
- (or (unrmail (car command-line-args-left)
- (concat (car command-line-args-left) ".mail"))
- (setq error t))
- (setq command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left)))
- (message "Done")
- (kill-emacs (if error 1 0))))
-
- ;;;###autoload
- (defun unrmail (file to-file)
- "Convert Rmail file FILE to system inbox format file TO-FILE."
- (interactive "fUnrmail (rmail file): \nFUnrmail into (new mailbox file): ")
- (let ((message-count 0)
- ;; Prevent rmail from making, or switching to, a summary buffer.
- (rmail-display-summary nil)
- (rmail-delete-after-output nil))
- (rmail file)
- ;; Default the directory of TO-FILE based on where FILE is.
- (setq to-file (expand-file-name to-file default-directory))
- (message "Writing messages to %s..." to-file)
- (while (< message-count rmail-total-messages)
- (rmail-show-message
- (setq message-count (1+ message-count)))
- (rmail-toggle-header)
- (rmail-output to-file 1 t))
- (message "Writing messages to %s...done" to-file)))
-
- ;;; unrmail.el ends here
-