lisp/mail/unrmail.el

   1 ;;; unrmail.el --- convert Rmail files to mailbox files.
   2
   3 ;;; Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Keywords: mail
   6
   7 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
   8
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  22
  23 ;;; Code:
  24
  25 (defvar command-line-args-left) ;Avoid 'free variable' warning
  26
  27 ;;;###autoload
  28 (defun batch-unrmail ()
  29   "Convert Rmail files to mailbox files.
  30 Specify the input Rmail file names as command line arguments.
  31 For each Rmail file, the corresponding output file name
  32 is made by adding `.mail' at the end.
  33 For example, invoke `emacs -batch -f batch-unrmail RMAIL'."
  34   ;; command-line-args-left is what is left of the command line (from startup.el)
  35   (if (not noninteractive)
  36       (error "`batch-unrmail' is to be used only with -batch"))
  37   (let ((error nil))
  38     (while command-line-args-left
  39       (or (unrmail (car command-line-args-left)
  40                    (concat (car command-line-args-left) ".mail"))
  41           (setq error t))
  42       (setq command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left)))
  43     (message "Done")
  44     (kill-emacs (if error 1 0))))
  45
  46 ;;;###autoload
  47 (defun unrmail (file to-file)
  48   "Convert Rmail file FILE to mailbox-format file TO-FILE."
  49   (interactive "fUnrmail (rmail file): \nfUnrmail into (new mailbox file): ")
  50   (let ((message-count 0))
  51     (rmail file)
  52     (rmail-show-message 1)
  53     (while (not (rmail-output to-file))
  54       (setq message-count (1+ message-count)))))
  55
  56 ;;; unrmail.el ends here