counter is prepended to the filename to avoid collisions; if there are no
name/filename parameters, or the name/filename parameters contain forbidden
characters (null, slash, backslash) the filename is just the serial counter.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If the file doesn't have any extensions (no dots in the value of the
+ name/filename parameters, or the name is just the counter) the program tries
+ to guess an extension by looking up the content type in mime.types files
+ including .mime.types file in the user's home directory (if it exists). If
+ the file has an extension the program doesn't try to verify that it
+ corresponds to the content type.
+</para>
+
+<para>
The file is saved in the directory set with -O (default is the current
- directory). The save options are processed before option -e so the user can
- save the message that causes the error.
+ directory). The save options are proceeded before -e options so the user can
+ save the message that causes an error.
</para>
</refsect1>
#! /usr/bin/env python
"""Decode MIME message"""
-from mimedecode_version import __version__, __author__, __copyright__, __license__
-
import sys, os
-import email
+from mimedecode_version import __version__, \
+ __author__, __copyright__, __license__
me = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
return s
+mimetypes = None
+
+def _guess_extension(ctype):
+ global mimetypes
+ if mimetypes is None:
+ import mimetypes
+ mimetypes.init()
+ user_mime_type = os.path.expanduser('~/.mime.types')
+ if os.path.exists(user_mime_type):
+ mimetypes._db.read(user_mime_type)
+ return mimetypes.guess_extension(ctype)
+
def _save_message(msg, outstring, save_headers=False, save_body=False):
for header, param in (
("Content-Disposition", "filename"),
fname = ''
g.save_counter += 1
fname = str(g.save_counter) + fname
+ if '.' not in fname:
+ ext = _guess_extension(msg.get_content_type())
+ if ext: fname += ext
global output
save_output = output
g.outfile = outfile
output = outfile.write
+ import email
msg = email.message_from_file(infile)
for header, value in g.set_header_value:
--- /dev/null
+From test Sat Feb 1 00:00:00 2014
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+From: Barry <barry@digicool.com>
+To: Dingus Lovers <cravindogs@cravindogs.com>
+Subject: Here is your dingus fish
+Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 19:35:02 -0400
+Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="BOUNDARY"
+
+--BOUNDARY
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
+
+Hi there,
+
+This is the dingus fish.
+
+--BOUNDARY
+Content-Type: image/gif; name="dingusfish"
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
+content-disposition: attachment; filename="dingusfish"
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