Re: [Nmh-workers] Attaching a zip file
> Would some kind and generous person be willing to tell me, given a file name > and > the output of "file -i" applied to that file, how to generate text suitable f > or > inclusion in an Email as grist for mime, using some language I understand. Th > at > is, English, C, Perl, or Java but not Python. Just in case the other scripts that people have posted aren't what you want, something like --- #!/bin/sh echo "#`file -b -i $1`; name=\"$1\" $1" --- might be what you're after. Cheers, - Joel ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
Re: [Nmh-workers] Attaching a zip file
Would some kind and generous person be willing to tell me, given a file name and the output of "file -i" applied to that file, how to generate text suitable for inclusion in an Email as grist for mime, using some language I understand. That is, English, C, Perl, or Java but not Python. Thank you very much. Norman Shapiro 798 Barron Avenue Palo Alto CA 94306-3109 (650) 565-8215 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
Re: [Nmh-workers] Attaching a zip file
Another easy way to attach files is to use the whatnow "attach" command included in modern nmh. It hides the mhbuild commands. See the send and whatnow man pages. "Modern" here means since August 2002, I think, though support for the attachformat option shown below was added in February 2006. To use: 0) Add "-attach X-MH-Attachment" to the send: and whatnow: lines in your .mh_profile. Mine look like: send: -forward -attach X-MH-Attachment -attachformat 1 whatnow: -attach X-MH-Attachment And, add some mhshow-suffix entries for the content types that you send, if you don't already have them. I use these: The mhshow-suffix entries are necessary to get the: proper application type with -attach X-MH-Attachment: mhshow-suffix-text/plain: .txt mhshow-suffix-application/msword: .doc mhshow-suffix-application/pdf: .pdf mhshow-suffix-application/PostScript: .ps mhshow-suffix-application/vnd.ms-excel: .xls mhshow-suffix-application/vnd.ms-powerpoint: .ppt 1) At the whatnow prompt, enter: attach /tmp/foobar.zip Then send as usual. You won't get a chance to preview the mime output, but I've gained so much confidence with it that I no longer feel the need to. Some tips: * attach allows shell wild cards. * ls can be used at the whatnow prompt to look for your files. * al[ist] can be used at the whatnow prompt to show what you've attached. det[ach] can be used to delete attachments. And if you really want, you can edit the message to change attachments, though I reserve that for reordering. * Cc: or Bcc: yourself if you want to see what was sent. David ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
Re: [Nmh-workers] Attaching a zip file
alexander wrote: > > > > i'll attach a script i use for forwarding attachments. it > > handles the common binary types i use, plain files, and mail > > messages, based on interpreting its arguments. it produces the > You should really just use file(1) here. It will give you mime-types > and sutible descriptions for free, and doesn't rely on file extensions. huh. someone added a "-i" option to file(1) sometime in the last 25 years, and they didn't tell me! :-) (thanks!) paul =- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 41.5 degrees) ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
Re: [Nmh-workers] Attaching a zip file
> --- =_aa0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> Content-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > > To attach a compressed tar file, say, /tmp/foobar.tgz, to an Email, I do
> > > something like:
> > >
> > > #application/octet-stream; \
> > > type=tar; x-conversion=gzip; \
> > > name=foobar.tgz /tmp/foobar.tgz
> > >
> > > Could somebody take pity on an old man and tell me what I would do to
> attach
> > > a zip file, say. /tmp/foobar.zip, to an Email?
> >
> > I'd just do
> >
> > #application/zip; name="foobar.zip" /tmp/foobar.zip
>
> i'll attach a script i use for forwarding attachments. it
> handles the common binary types i use, plain files, and mail
> messages, based on interpreting its arguments. it produces the
You should really just use file(1) here. It will give you mime-types
and sutible descriptions for free, and doesn't rely on file extensions.
My remime script http://people.freebsd.org/~alexbl/remime uses the libmagic
bindings for pytohn for the same effect. I've also attached it.
> it's far from perfect, i'm sure, but it saves me trying to remember how
> to compose mhbuild lines by hand.
I imagine a _lot_ of people have scripts like this :)
Alex
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, re, os
import magic
msg = ''
descr_ms = magic.open(magic.MAGIC_NONE)
descr_ms.load()
mime_ms = magic.open(magic.MAGIC_MIME)
mime_ms.load()
for a in open(sys.argv[1]):
if a.startswith('#remime: '):
filename = a[9:].strip()
if os.path.exists(filename):
a = '#%s; name="%s" <>[ %s ] %s\n' % (mime_ms.file(filename), os.path.basename(filename), descr_ms.file(filename), filename)
else:
a = '\n'
msg += a
msg_file = open(sys.argv[1], 'w')
msg_file.write(msg)
msg_file.close()
os.execvp('mhbuild', ('mhbuild', sys.argv[1]))
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Attaching a zip file
> > To attach a compressed tar file, say, /tmp/foobar.tgz, to an Email, I do > > something like: > > > > #application/octet-stream; \ > > type=tar; x-conversion=gzip; \ > > name=foobar.tgz /tmp/foobar.tgz > > > > Could somebody take pity on an old man and tell me what I would do to > > attach > > a zip file, say. /tmp/foobar.zip, to an Email? > > I'd just do > > #application/zip; name="foobar.zip" /tmp/foobar.zip i'll attach a script i use for forwarding attachments. it handles the common binary types i use, plain files, and mail messages, based on interpreting its arguments. it produces the mhbuild input text necessary to do the forwarding on its stdout -- so, when composing mail in vi, i can type something like: :r !forward foobar.zip or even !!forward foobar.zip for files, or !!forward cur-last to forward messages. it's far from perfect, i'm sure, but it saves me trying to remember how to compose mhbuild lines by hand. paul =- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 37.9 degrees) forward Description: - ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
Re: [Nmh-workers] Attaching a zip file
> To attach a compressed tar file, say, /tmp/foobar.tgz, to an Email, I do > something like: > > #application/octet-stream; \ > type=tar; x-conversion=gzip; \ > name=foobar.tgz /tmp/foobar.tgz > > Could somebody take pity on an old man and tell me what I would do to attach > a > zip file, say. /tmp/foobar.zip, to an Email? I'd just do #application/zip; name="foobar.zip" /tmp/foobar.zip since application/zip is a registered MIME type... http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ Cheers, - Joel ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
[Nmh-workers] Attaching a zip file
To attach a compressed tar file, say, /tmp/foobar.tgz, to an Email, I do something like: #application/octet-stream; \ type=tar; x-conversion=gzip; \ name=foobar.tgz /tmp/foobar.tgz Could somebody take pity on an old man and tell me what I would do to attach a zip file, say. /tmp/foobar.zip, to an Email? Norman Shapiro 798 Barron Avenue Palo Alto CA 94306-3109 (650) 565-8215 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
