X-Git-Url: https://git.phdru.name/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=mimedecode.docbook;h=58ca08d5b2cabbf342ffc8dde8ffca9d975c50dd;hb=41e92ab685cbcf842d1c4f33b8b29f94193938ed;hp=897f0bc43dee32d3279e4275f3b2e8b949e2a60e;hpb=aad73ab7b281381e464446e16bd9c88344f89d11;p=mimedecode.git diff --git a/mimedecode.docbook b/mimedecode.docbook index 897f0bc..58ca08d 100644 --- a/mimedecode.docbook +++ b/mimedecode.docbook @@ -390,22 +390,23 @@ - -b mask + -B mask - Append mask to the list of binary content types; if the message to - decode has a part of this type the program will pass the part as is, - without any additional processing. + Append mask to the list of binary content types that will be not + content-transfer-decoded (will be left as base64 or such). - -B mask + -b mask - Append mask to the list of binary content types that will be not - content-transfer-decoded (will be left as base64 or such). + Append mask to the list of binary content types; if the message to + decode has a part of this type the program will + content-transfer-decode (base64 or whatever to 8bit binary) it but + pass the part as is, without any further processing. @@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ Append mask to a list of content types to save to a file; --save-headers saves only decoded headers of the message (or subpart); --save-body saves only decoded body; --save-message saves - the entire message (or subpart). + the entire message or subpart (headers + body). @@ -467,8 +468,8 @@ -O dest_dir - Set destination directory for the output files. Default is current - directory. + Set destination directory for the output files; if the directory + doesn't exist it will be created. Default is current directory. @@ -490,21 +491,21 @@ cat input_file | mimedecode.py -o output_file 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 - else. Easy: + PDF/Postscript to text, pass HTML and images as is (decoding base64 to html + but left images in base64), and ignore everything else. Easy: - mimedecode.py -t application/postscript -t application/pdf -b text/html - -b 'image/*' -i '*/*' + mimedecode.py -t application/pdf -t application/postscript -b text/html + -B 'image/*' -i '*/*' When the program decodes a message (non-MIME or a non-multipart subpart of a MIME message), it consults Content-Type header. The content type is searched - in all 4 lists, in order "text-binary-ignore-error". If found, appropriate + in all 5 lists, in order "text-binary-ignore-error". If found, appropriate action performed. If not found, the program search the same lists for "type/*" mask (the type of "text/html" is just "text"). If found, appropriate action performed. If not found, the program search the same @@ -514,7 +515,7 @@ cat input_file | mimedecode.py -o output_file - Initially all 4 lists are empty, so without any additional parameters + Initially all 5 lists are empty, so without any additional parameters the program always uses the default decoding.