<option>-p header1[,header2,header3,...]:param1[,param2,param3,...]</option>
</arg>
<arg choice="opt">
- <option>-r header</option>
+ <option>-p *[,-header1,-header2,-header3,...]:param1[,param2,param3,...]</option>
</arg>
<arg choice="opt">
- <option>-R header:param</option>
+ <option>-p header1[,header2,header3,...]:*[,-param1,-param2,-param3,...]</option>
</arg>
<arg choice="opt">
- <option>--remove-params=header</option>
+ <option>-p *[,-header1,-header2,-header3,...]:*[,-param1,-param2,-param3,...]</option>
</arg>
<arg choice="opt">
- <option>-beit mask</option>
+ <option>-r header1[,header2,header3...]</option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ <option>-r *[,-header1,-header2,-header3...]</option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ <option>-R header1[,header2,header3,...]:param1[,param2,param3,...]</option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ <option>-R *[,-header1,-header2,-header3,...]:param1[,param2,param3,...]</option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ <option>-R header1[,header2,header3,...]:*[,-param1,-param2,-param3,...]</option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ <option>-R *[,-header1,-header2,-header3,...]:*[,-param1,-param2,-param3,...]</option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ <option>--set-header header:value</option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ <option>--set-param header:param=value</option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ <option>-Bbeit mask</option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ <option>-O dest_dir</option>
</arg>
<arg choice="opt">
<option>-o output_file</option>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-p *[,-header1,-header2,-header3,...]:param1[,param2,param3,...]</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add the parameters(s) to a list of headers parameters to decode;
+ the parameters will be decoded for all headers except the given
+ ones.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-p header1[,header2,header3,...]:*[,-param1,-param2,-param3,...]</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Decode all parameters except listed for the given list of headers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-p *[,-header1,-header2,-header3,...]:*[,-param1,-param2,-param3,...]</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Decode all parameters except listed for all headers (except listed).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term>-P</term>
<listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-r header</term>
+ <term>-r header1[,header2,header3...]</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add the header to a list of headers to remove completely; initially
- the list is empty.
+ Add the header(s) to a list of headers to remove completely;
+ initially the list is empty.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-R header:param</term>
+ <term>-r *[,-header1,-header2,-header3...]</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add the pair (header, param) to a list of headers parameters to
- remove; initially the list is empty.
+ Remove all headers except listed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>--remove-params=header</term>
+ <term>-R header1[,header2,header3,...]:param1[,param2,param3,...]</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add the header to a list of headers from which all parameters will
- be removed; initially the list is empty.
+ Add the parameters(s) to a list of headers parameters to remove;
+ the parameters will be decoded only for the given header(s).
+ Initially the list is empty.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-R *[,-header1,-header2,-header3,...]:param1[,param2,param3,...]</term>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-R header1[,header2,header3,...]:*[,-param1,-param2,-param3,...]</term>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-R *[,-header1,-header2,-header3,...]:*[,-param1,-param2,-param3,...]</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Remove listed parameters (or all parameters except listed) frome
+ these headers (or from all headers except listed).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>--set-header header:value</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The program sets or changes value for the header to the given value
+ (only at the top-level message).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>--set-param header:param=value</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The program sets or changes value for the header's parameter to the
+ given value (only at the top-level message). The header must exist.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-B mask</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Append mask to the list of binary content types that will be not
+ content-transfer-decoded (will be left as base64 or such).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term>-e mask</term>
<listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-O dest_dir</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set destination directory for the output files. Default is current
+ directory.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term>-o output_file</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Useful to set the output file in case of redirected stdin:
+ Save output to the file related to the destination directory from
+ option -O. Also useful in case of redirected stdin:
<programlisting language="sh">mimedecode.py -o output_file < input_file
cat input_file | mimedecode.py -o output_file</programlisting>
</para>
</variablelist>
<para>
- The 4 list options (-beit) require more explanation. They allow a user to
+ The 5 list options (-Bbeit) require more explanation. They allow a user to
control body decoding with great flexibility. Think about said mail archive;
for example, its maintainer wants to put there only texts, convert
Postscript/PDF to text, pass HTML and images as is, and ignore everything